For a brief moment last week, Congress started to do something productive. The Senate, after weeks of bickering and fruitless negotiations, unanimously approved legislation to fund most of the ...

Congress will have the best chance in the courts to block a controversial $1.8 billion "lawfare" compensation fund set up by the Department of Justice to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump ...

Early in March, senators gathered to take a vote meant to remind President Donald Trump of Congress’s power. Just a few days before, the president had launched a war against Iran without seeking ...

The promise of democratic governance was stolen from the people. We must win it back. You will hear no more disorienting or self-defeating a platitude uttered on Capitol Hill in this 250th year of the ...

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Earlier this month, Democrats in the House and Senate proposed resolutions that sought to reassert Congress into the warmaking process and limit President Donald Trump’s ability to continue the air ...

The House voted 214-212 Tuesday to approve a $70 billion funding package for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection that President Donald Trump had initially said should ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling to limit a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act this week adds a new bend to the winding history of Black representation in Congress, fueling fear from civil rights ...

As older members of Congress head for the exits amid growing pressure for fresh faces in the Democratic Party, some of the most seasoned Black lawmakers are resisting retirement. By Robert Jimison ...