Democrats don't have to look back far into history to see how getting rid of the legislative filibuster would work out. In ...

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, who is stepping down as his party’s leader, said last week that the “filibuster will stand” ...

Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the ...

Lawmakers are back in town this week for the start of what’s called the “lame duck,” the eight-week sprint to finish up this ...

News outlets called the last outstanding U.S. Senate race this week for Democrat Ruben Gallego of Arizona. That gives Republicans a 53-47 edge in the chamber after picking up four ...

The results of last week's U.S. elections were cataclysmic for the Democratic Party, which lost control of the White House ...

Congress returns to a changed Washington as President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-right agenda is quickly taking shape, buoyed ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Rep ... including journalists and humanitarian aid workers,” the letter alleges, citing reports from the Committee to Protect Journalists and the United Nations.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 11 Democrats are urging President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Attorney General Merrick Garland to open a formal investigation into an Israeli airstrike ...