The votes aren’t yet there to clear the Senate's filibuster, but several Democrats say they’ll support the House-passed bill or expressed openness to it.

The U.S. Justice Department wants a judge to declare that a Pennsylvania city's method of electing council members citywide instead of by districts has illegally diluted the political power of its ...

The Senate majority leader says the Senate, which is taking up Laken Riley Act this and next week, will proceed on the ICC legislation soon ...

Gov. Jim Justice delivered a farewell address to the West Virginia Legislature Wednesday, reflecting on his two terms in ...

Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona is backing the GOP's Laken Riley Act, joining two other Democrats who have pledged to support it during a floor vote on Friday.

On Jan. 3, the new Congress — the 119th — officially began its duties. Once Donald Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, ...

FILE - A flag hangs between broken windows after then-President Donald Trump supporters tried to break through police ...

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland who served as the lead impeachment manager during Trump’s second impeachment ...

Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence from the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, are increasingly hard to find. WASHINGTON (AP) — ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to "ensure the ...

Lawmakers rarely mention the attack, and many Republicans try to downplay it, echoing President-elect Donald Trump's claims that the carnage of that day is overblown and that the rioters are victims.

West Virginia would have had four governors in ten days if Justice were to take his Senate seat on-time, so the governor ...