With two longtime appropriators facing tough reelection contests, upcoming elections could rejigger the influential spending ...

It’s well known that Steve Scalise wants to lead the House GOP someday. What’s less obvious is whether he has a clear path to the position next term — but his colleagues believe he’s preparing in case ...

Roughly 700,000 illegal immigrants had had their court cases dismissed, terminated, or administratively closed, the House ...

Texas’ junk science statute has remained hamstrung for the last decade. So too have other criminal justice reforms, despite ...

Former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich called GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign stop at McDonald's a "genius" ...

The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to review Mark Meadows’ appeal, which could further upend Georgia prosecutor ...

Nearly 30 million Americans by Thursday had cast their ballots ahead of Election Day, with 13 million choosing to vote in ...

WASHINGTON – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has shepherded his fellow GOP lawmakers through some of the ...

The state Senate held a rare informal-session vote to accept a compromised version of a climate bill — just a day after ...

Smith has charged Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his mishandling of classified documents.

A proposal to nearly double state lawmakers’ salaries is at an impasse – for now – after a citizens' committee deadlocked on ...

Missouri's 2025 state budget includes only about a third of the federal funding the state received for Resilient Food Systems ...