The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Energy Star, the program that helps guide consumers to more energy-efficient appliances and electronics, has survived President Donald Trump’s attempt to kill it.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”.

Former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress, has died.

Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement.

Two Utah Republican Congress members are asking a federal court to block new U.S. House districts that could help Democrats win a Salt Lake City seat.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have finalized an agreement with House Republicans to testify this month in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding.

An attorney says Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has delayed giving members of Congress a complaint about her conduct.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are agreeing to testify in a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Young Democrats across the United States are challenging veteran party figures, aiming to mount tougher opposition to President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling $6.67 billion and to Saudi Arabia worth $9 billion.

The Senate has voted to fund most of the government through the end of September while carving out a temporary extension for Homeland Security funding, giving Congress two weeks to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.

Trump-backed businessman Nasry Asfura was sworn in Tuesday as president of Honduras.

The shooting deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis have upended the politics of the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.

The House has barely rejected a Democratic-backed resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela.

Guatemalan police and soldiers are using new powers under a state of emergency to target the Barrio 18 gang in a high-crime area in the capital.

President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without his big tax and spending cuts bill.

A federal judge has refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring members of Congress to give a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities.

The death toll from suspected gang attacks on Guatemalan police has risen to 10, as Guatemalans saw heavier security in the streets and curtailed rights after Congress approved President Bernardo Arévalo’s emergency declaration.

Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package on Thursday.

The Defense Department says it is revamping the military newspaper Stars and Stripes to focus on “reporting for our warfighters” and eliminate woke distractions.

President Donald Trump has announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up.

The final day to select Affordable Care Act health insurance for the year has arrived across much of the country.

Forty-seven U.S. House members have announced they're not running for reelection, putting a record number of seats up for grabs at this point in the midterm election cycle.

Senators from opposing parties are working together in hopes of finally banning members of Congress from trading stocks.

The ongoing debate over health care in the U.S. remains as contentious as ever.

A new Congressional Budget Office analysis says renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War could cost taxpayers up to $125 million.

President Donald Trump’s administration is ending temporary protected status for immigrants from Somalia.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are refusing to testify to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein.

Plaintiffs' attorneys are asking a federal judge to intervene after three Democratic members of Congress were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota over the weekend.

Adam Murphy, a Democratic candidate for Congress in the 9th district, officially began his launch tour Saturday at the South County Library in Roanoke.

The House has passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills that would fund parts of the federal government through September.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has briefly left a prison in Brasilia for medical examinations after hitting his head.

The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money.

George Conway says he is running for a U.S. House seat in New York City.

On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, there is no official event to memorialize what happened.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials have briefed leaders in Congress on the striking military operation in Venezuela.

President Donald Trump may have his name on the building but it's still the Kennedy Center to Congress.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's directors voted the organization out of business Monday.

Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy is nowhere to be found.

Legal questions are being raised about the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuela’s president and claims that it will “run” the South American country.

Many state lawmakers responded to the U.S. strikes on Venezuela that resulted in the capture of the country's president. See what they had to say here.

The Department of Justice has expanded its review of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to 5.2 million as it also expands the number of attorneys trying to comply with a law mandating their release.

Cody Campbell is a billionaire supporter of Texas Tech, his alma mater.

The big story of the upcoming midterm elections will be the fight over which party will control the U.S. House of Representatives during the last half of President Donald Trump's second term in office.

The Justice Department said Wednesday that finishing the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files could take a “few more weeks,” further delaying compliance with a Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress.

George Conway has filed paperwork to run for a congressional seat in New York City.

The Federal Communications Commission says it will ban new foreign-made drones, a move that will keep new Chinese-made drones out of the U.S. market.

Four Illinois members of Congress have been allowed into a suburban Chicago immigration processing center that’s been at the forefront of an immigration crackdown.

The Department of Justice has published thousands of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

The Portuguese suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings came to the U.S. through the diversity immigrant visa program.

Attorneys for President Donald Trump have urged a federal judge to rule that Trump is entitled to presidential immunity from civil claims that he instigated a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election.

The Kennedy Center has added President Donald Trump's name to the memorial that Congress created for John F. Kennedy.

The U.S. military says that it conducted two more strikes Thursday against boats it said were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people.

The U.S. military says it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people.

A federal judge in the nation’s capital has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing policies limiting members of Congress’ access to immigration detention facilities.

The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela.

The Senate's passage of the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday has also secured the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina's federal recognition as a tribal nation.

The Senate has given final passage to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs.

President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are back on Capitol Hill as questions mount over the swift escalation of U.S. military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela.

Americans are feeling the strain already with less than three weeks to go until the expiration of COVID-era tax credits that have helped many people pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week.

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”.

Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned it could undo key safety reforms.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended the Trump administration's immigration policies during a contentious House committee hearing.

The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

The Trump administration may have softened its language on China to maintain a truce in their trade war, but Congress is pushing for more restrictions on Beijing.

Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly $1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.

The House votes to pass a sweeping defense policy bill that authorizes $900 billion in military programs.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina could be federally recognized through the National Defense Authorization Act the House plans to vote on this week.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's still weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors.

Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared to back a Republican-led drive, supported by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.

Initial new federal data shows the number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year.

More House seats are opening up as more members announce their upcoming departures.

A new survey of Affordable Care Act health insurance enrollees finds that many are already struggling with the high cost of health care.

A Navy admiral has told lawmakers that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the boat attack in the Caribbean, but the video of survivors being killed has alarmed lawmakers, That disclosure Thursday comes as Congress scrutinizes an attack on an alleged drug boat in international waters near Venezuela.

Lawmakers from both parties say they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea.

U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls says he will retire from Congress after his term ends in 2026 to focus on family.

President Rodrigo Paz of Bolivia says he will scrap a ream of taxes in one of his first moves since becoming the nation’s first conservative leader in nearly two decades in a bid to rescue a crisis-stricken economy.

The Justice Department is on the clock to release files relating to Jeffrey Epstein after President Donald Trump signed a measure passed by Congress.

President Donald Trump says he’s “immediately” ending temporary legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary end to President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital.

The fallout from Jeffrey Epstein’s transgressions spans oceans and continents, from the vulnerable girls he exploited to the elite people and institutions that chose to get involved, cover it up — or look away.

New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez — a trailblazer known by the nickname “La Luchadora,” or the fighter — announced that she will retire next year after more than three decades in Congress.

The clock is ticking for the U.S. government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Internal Pentagon figures show the number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024.

The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown have inspired a rare act of bipartisanship.

President Donald Trump's political dominance is showing cracks as he faces challenges on affordability and the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The Federal Aviation Administration says flight cuts will stay at 6% because more air traffic controllers are coming to work.

A new AP-NORC poll finds U.S. adults’ opinions of how President Donald Trump is managing the federal government have dropped sharply since early in his second term, highlighting the risks posed by the government shutdown and his efforts to reshape the federal workforce.

Visa and Mastercard have proposed a settlement in their long-running legal dispute with merchants over interchange fees.

A federal appeals court has heard arguments about a spending law that stopped Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider.

President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs protect American industries, lure factories to the United States, raise money for the federal government and give him diplomatic leverage.

A legislative package that could end the weekslong government shutdown leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions.

A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track.

The Senate’s first weekend session since the shutdown began has yielded few signs of progress.

Federal Aviation Administration plans to reduce flight capacity at major airports could affect travelers using Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, as the impact of the ongoing government shutdown continues to strain the U.S. aviation system.

Nancy Pelosi is bringing her history-making career in the U.S. House to an end, but she leaves a linguistic legacy in Congress and beyond.

Senate Republicans have rejected legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to launch an attack against Venezuela.