Congress

The House has easily passed a temporary extension of a subsidy program for small businesses slammed by the coronavirus, speeding the measure to President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump is coming under growing pressure from lawmakers to respond to allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan

The House has approved a far-reaching policing overhaul from Democrats

With a policing overhaul stalled in the Senate, House Democrats have returned to Washington for a daylong debate and vote on their package of law enforcement changes

A Republican policing bill stalled out Wednesday, blocked in a vote by Senate Democrats who dismissed it as meager “crumbs.”

President Donald Trump’s call for another election-season round of direct stimulus checks to most taxpayers is getting a lukewarm endorsement at best from his GOP allies on Capitol Hill.

The government’s top infectious disease expert said Tuesday he is cautiously optimistic that there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021, and warned that the next few weeks will be critical to tamping down coronavirus hot spots around the country.

Congress is hitting an impasse on policing legislation, despite public outcry for changes after the killings of Black people

Democrats and Republicans in Congress have introduced legislation to reform policing in America, but they diverge on some issues

The Democrat who leads the House Judiciary Committee is set to subpoena Attorney General William Barr for testimony early next month, NBC News has confirmed.

Congress is in no hurry to hear more tales of President Donald Trump from his former national security adviser

Portraits honoring four former House speakers who served in the Confederacy are gone from the U.S. Capitol

Rep. Andy Barr is expressing “profound grief” over the unexpected death of his 39-year-old wife at their home in Kentucky

George Floyd’s brother is challenging Congress to “stop the pain,” testifying on Capitol Hill that Floyd’s death should not be in vain

Democrats in Congress are proposing an overhaul of police procedures and accountability after the mass protests over the deaths of black Americans at the hand of law enforcement

Congressional Democrats unveiled legislation Monday to overhaul police accountability

George Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to discuss police reform. Floyd appealed to the committee to deliver justice for his brother, saying “it is on you to make sure his death is not in vain.”

Despite President Donald Trump’s “law and order” approach to demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, Republicans in Congress are quickly, if quietly, trying to craft legislation to change police practices and accountability, The burst of legislative activity in the Republican ranks is an abrupt turnaround after years of black deaths with law enforcement

House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., explained on Monday why the Democrats’ police reform bill is just the beginning of what needs to be done to help all people find a more perfect union.

Longtime Rep. Steve King has been ousted in Iowa’s Republican primary after being ostracized by party leaders for comments about white nationalism