Congress returns to unfinished business as Republican divisions over budget reconciliation threaten to delay FISA, defense ...

Who will control Congress in 2026? Latest midterm polls show where voters are leaning in the race for the House and Senate ...

Democratic lawmakers argue the Trump administration must get express consent from Congress before continuing construction on ...

Senate Republicans ultimately deadlocked over whether to include restrictions on the Department of Justice’s controversial ...

Americans are losing faith in Congress. According to recent polling from the Pew Research Center, just 17 percent of Americans trust the government to do what is right for the country — a near record ...

“You say you want retribution,” the Beatles might have sung. Instead, they said “revolution.” In Congress, they’re the same thing: What goes around comes around. Congress and the President Trump have ...

In Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” a down-on-his-luck Scottish veteran of World War I is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” Mike Campbell responds. “Gradually, then suddenly.” That ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

Many viral claims have at least some truth to them. That's the case here. The U.S. Congress has spent a boatload of money obtained from the Social Security Trust Funds to fund general government ...

Congress was late to adopt workplace laws that protect private sector employees. How has that shaped its culture? NPR speaks with Rutgers professor James R. Jones, author of "The Last Plantation." The ...