Johnson faced an uphill battle in maintaining the speaker's gavel and eked out a win after initially coming up short.

The majority party has repeatedly lost control of the House in the first midterm election after gaining across-the-board ...

Now Republicans again will be in control as the 119th Congress convenes today. U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Centre, ticked off ...

Incoming-President Trump's promise to dismantle the Department of Education could impact your student loans. Here's what you ...

Early in Trump's term, the federal government again will bump up against the cap on how much money the federal government can borrow to pay for spending Congress already approved. During President Joe ...

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

He missed the debate and votes on funding government agencies, disaster relief and economic assistance to the nation’s ...

The fallout of last month’s high-stakes election and recent battles within Congress are offering early clues of what will set the tone for politics in 2025. Democrats are looking to regroup from a ...

The highly contentious partisan fight in Congress over federal spending is creating a strong possibility of a government ...

With their lucrative ‘middle-income housing’ deals under threat, developers spent thousands lobbying legislators who wanted ...

Sen. Mike Rounds, a Republican serving South Dakota, has introduced legislation, that if passed, would move many DOE ...