After one of the most chaotic and least productive U.S. House sessions in modern history, voters made a surprising choice in elections — they overwhelmingly stuck with the status quo.

One year since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from office after Congress voted to fund the federal government, the new House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself courting, but so far avoiding, a similar fate.

Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation’s presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of violence.

Not quite two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol, the threat of political violence would come for Nancy Pelosi's husband at their home.

Is it too soon for political comedy.

The House has passed a bill requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration.

Republican lawmakers are reacting with fury to the felony conviction of former President Donald Trump.

Oregon has multiple hotly contested primaries upcoming, as well as some that will set the stage for high-profile races in November.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has a survived an attempt by far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove him from office.

A new Louisiana congressional map giving the state a second majority-Black House district has been rejected by a panel of federal judges.

Israel’s military chief says Israel will respond to Iran’s weekend missile strike.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House.

The Senate has passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills that pushes any new threats of a government shutdown into the fall.

Louisiana politics have been dominated this year by new Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s special legislative sessions to address crime and adopt new congressional maps.

President Joe Biden has endorsed legislation that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being banned in the United States, a move that comes amid growing concern in Washington about keeping Americans' private data out of China’s hands.

The U.S. House has voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration's handling of the U.

New House Speaker Mike Johnson is showing what hardball partisan tactics might come next.

The House has approved a nearly $14.5 billion military aid package for Israel, but without humanitarian assistance for Gaza.

It’s Day 20 without a House speaker, and Republicans are starting over.

U.S. Reps. Kay Granger of Fort Worth, Tony Gonzales of San Antonio and Jake Ellzey of Midlothian were among 22 other Republicans and all Democrats voting against Jordan in a third attempt at electing a new speaker this week.

An onslaught of pressure from the Republican Party base was intended to prod the GOP’s moderate and establishment members to support Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker.

Jordan remained 18 votes away from becoming House speaker during a vote Wednesday. Meanwhile, activists in Texas are pressuring Republicans to fall in line behind Jordan’s effort.

Reps. Jake Ellzey, Kay Granger and Tony Gonzales joined 17 other House Republicans to block the Ohio Republican from the gavel.

Republicans have rejected congressman Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot.

A handful of Texas Republicans back the Ohio Republican’s speaker bid after initially backing the former frontrunner, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise

The U.S. House has been without a leader for more than a week, as majority Republicans threw out Speaker Kevin McCarthy and refused to rally around his No. 2, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise.

Republicans have chosen firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.

Rep. Patrick McHenry is presiding over the House as speaker pro tempore following the unprecedented ouster of Kevin McCarthy.

Republican Steve Scalise has ended his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win the gavel.

Republican colleagues call Steve Scalise a fighter, but the nominee for House speaker may be in for a brawl.

The speaker of the House is normally elected every two years, in January, when the House organizes for a new session.

The two Texas holdouts, combined with a handful of other members who have vowed to vote against Rep. Steve Scalise, could delay the selection of the next House speaker.

Republicans have nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next House speaker.

The House Republican majority is stuck and unable to coalesce around a new speaker.

Republicans have no clear idea who will be U.S. House speaker, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress.

Donald Trump’s decision to insert himself into the chaotic race to replace Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker will serve as a test of the former president’s sway with lawmakers as he works to win a second term.

Republicans are trying to rally around a new House speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ouster.

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.

The future of additional U.S. aid to Ukraine is in doubt now that Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as House speaker.

Texas has by far the largest Republican delegation in the House, and gaining their support would be a major boost for any candidate as the conference meets to pick new leaders next week.

The stunning removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker has left the House adrift.

Rep. Steve Scalise has returned to the U.S. Capitol for the first time since being diagnosed with a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma.

Congress is returning to Capitol Hill to try to avert a government shutdown, while House Republicans consider whether to pursue an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

The second ranking House Republican says he has been diagnosed with blood cancer.

This week’s confrontation that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man who threatened to assassinate President Joe Biden was just the latest example of how violent rhetoric has created a more perilous political environment across the U.S. Threats against public officials have been steadily climbing in recent years, creating new challenges for law enforcement, civil rights and the health of American democracy.

Protecting a narrow, four-vote majority, Republican leaders in the House are making clear the legal process will need to play out with New York Rep. George Santos before they take steps to force his resignation or expel him.

More than half a million of the poorest Americans would be left without health insurance under legislation passed by House Republicans that would require people to work in exchange for health care coverage through Medicaid.

House Republicans are pushing their top priorities in a bill to raise the debt limit.

House Republicans have passed a sprawling energy package that would counter virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change.

The federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing authority as soon as this month.

Lawmakers no longer have to walk through metal detectors before gaining access to the House floor.

Dozens of military veterans have hand-delivered letters to top Republicans in the U.S. House, calling on them to publicly condemn political violence as the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol approaches.

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has fallen far short in voting to become House speaker.

Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new power to investigate the Biden administration and in particular the president’s son.

The Republican Party’s capture of the House majority is upending the agenda in Washington, empowering GOP lawmakers to pursue conservative goals and vigorously challenge the policies of President Joe Biden and his administration.

A top ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is demanding fresh answers from the U.S. Capitol Police about security failures that led to a brutal attack on Pelosi’s husband last week.

Federal prosecutors say the man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told police he wanted to hold the speaker hostage and “break her kneecaps.”.

At times these days, it can feel like the United States is on edge about threats to American democracy.

It’s something that goes along with being a member of Congress, no matter your party or your status: constant threats to your life, and the unshakeable feeling that they're only getting worse.

The Democratic challenger to U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise in a Louisiana congressional race has released a campaign ad on social media that includes video of her giving birth.

How has Congress changed in the last four decades.

Congress is poised to pass a transformative climate change fighting bill.

The House has sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades.

The head of a congressional panel says the U.S. government failed to take basic steps at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to prevent fraud in a federal aid program intended to help small businesses.

Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making it clear that he will likely defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

A closely divided House has approved legislation to crack down on alleged price gouging by oil companies as prices at the pump continue to soar.

Home-district projects for members of Congress are back, sprinkled across the government-wide $1.5 trillion bill that President Joe Biden signed recently.

Politicians and friends are fondly remembering Don Young.

As Russian troops move deeper into Ukraine, President Joe Biden is taking steps to rein in rising energy costs – even if those moves run counter to his agenda for addressing climate change.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times.

A judge says he'll dismiss a libel lawsuit that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed against The New York Times.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has compared The New York Times to “Goliath” and herself to “David” in their dispute over a 2017 editorial.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has taken the witness stand in her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

A modest room in the Capitol has been named after the first Black member of the House.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is back in a New York City courtroom more than a week after her libel trial against The New York Times was postponed because she tested positive for COVID-19.

A judge has delayed trial for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's defamation claims against The New York Times after she tested positive for the coronavirus three times.

They are just three little words, but they have become nearly impossible for many Republicans to say: “Joe Biden won.”.

President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion social spending bill includes a provision that, if it becomes law, would mark the first time the federal government has offered targeted support to local news organizations.

The fundraising committee aiming to help Democrats maintain control of the House says it raised $106.5 million through the end of last month.

The House’s second-ranking Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise, is refusing to say that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen.

Less than a week after Hurricane Ida battered the Gulf Coast, President Joe Biden walked the streets of a hardhit Louisiana neighborhood on Friday and told residents “I know you’re hurting."

Less than a week after Hurricane Ida battered the Gulf Coast, President Joe Biden walked the streets of a hardhit Louisiana neighborhood on Friday and told local residents, “I know you’re hurting, I know you’re hurting.”.

California and New York City have announced that they will require all government employees to get the coronavirus vaccine or face weekly COVID-19 testing.

A Republican congressman from Louisiana who has criticized mask mandates and public health restrictions says he and his wife and son are now sick with the coronavirus.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant.

Republican lawmakers are under increasing pressure to persuade vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant sends caseloads soaring.

Republican lawmakers are under increasing pressure to persuade vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant sends caseloads soaring.

The committee charged with helping Republicans wrest control of the House next year raised $45.4 million over the last three months, a record quarterly haul during a year without a national election.

The Biden economy faces the unusual problem of possibly being too strong for its own good.

The House has launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

House Republican leaders say they will oppose the creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that he expects recent price spikes will soon subside and reduce inflation to a sustainable level.

Gas prices have soared passed $3 per gallon.

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has announced that she is expecting her first child.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has been a political lightning rod since the early days of the pandemic.

Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney is criticizing GOP colleagues for downplaying the Jan. 6 riot and condoning former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen.

Demonstrating their allegiance to Donald Trump, Republicans have elected Rep. Elise Stefanik to a House leadership post.

Republicans have dumped Rep. Liz Cheney from her House leadership post.

Rep. Liz Cheney is lashing out at leaders of her own Republican Party.