The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...

The United States Congress is expected to select a new speaker of the House on Friday local time. President-elect Donald ...

United States lawmakers who benefitted from support from the cryptocurrency industry in their respective 2024 primaries or elections will soon be sworn into office for the 119th session of Congress.

Homelessness is on the rise everywhere in the country, including in Massachusetts, which had the third largest increase among ...

The 119th Congress begins Friday with Republicans in full control of the House and Senate for the first time since 2019. Here's what to know.

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California has always stood apart. She was the first Black student to integrate her Southern ...

Congress will have 46 Army veterans, 25 Navy veterans, 16 Air Force veterans and 13 Marine Corps veterans. About one-third ...

Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, the only Democrat in a leadership position to leave Congress this year, talked ...

The bird of brown and white feathers has long represented the United States as a majestic and soaring symbol, but only this ...

U.S. policy on countering China is displaying worrisome elements of frictionlessness, which can lead to poor decisions and ...

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that officially named the bald eagle as the national bird of the United States.

January marks the start of a busy month in Washington, D.C. with members of the 119th Congress set to be sworn in, funeral ...