United States elected officials represent Americans across all socioeconomic classes, despite some Congress members earning nearly triple the average American’s income. Members of the United States House of Representatives and Senate are held to the Ethics in Government Act,
Women make up 28% of voting members in the 119th Congress – on par with their share in the last Congress, but a considerable increase from where things stood even 10 years ago.
Congress has announced federal budget proposals that could dramatically curtail Medicaid. Here's everything you need to know.
President Trump is levying high tariffs without consent of Congress, despite the fact that the US Constitution gives only Congress the power to set tax rates.
Facing a dire shortage of air traffic controllers, some thought creating a second training academy made sense. Oklahoma lawmakers thought otherwise.
Staff at the U.S. farm, environment and interior agencies have been instructed by the Trump administration not to speak with the U.S. Congress, Representative Chellie Pingree said in a letter sent to the agency administrators on Thursday.
While permitting reform stands to benefit fossil fuel and renewable energy projects, comments at a Senate Environment Committee hearing suggest Democrats won't support legislation that doesn't support their climate agenda.
The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee floated the bill to cut against Beijing’s “One China Principle” and other efforts aimed at thwarting
Four United States of America congressmen wrote to President Donald Trump, asking him to punish South Africa with diplomatic sanctions. SA reacted.
The lawsuit asked a court to rule part of a 52-year-old law unconstitutional, a move that could end so-called 504 plans for children with learning disabilities and other impairments requiring
The following is the Feb. 12, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N). From the report Congress and the executive branch have debated the merits of a new nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) since the weapon was first proposed by the Trump Administration in 2018.
President Donald Trump said the US would be selling what he described as a “gold card” to wealthy foreigners, giving them the right to live and work in the US and offering a path to citizenship in exchange for a $5 million fee.