Washington D.C., congressional staffers spent this past week exhaling a collective sigh of relief as, for the first time in 2025, both the House and Senate were on recess. Though ...

The Wayne State University-based center trains Congressional staff on how to conduct bipartisan investigations in politically ...

District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair ...

In his second term, President Trump is trying to consolidate control over the courts, Congress and even, in some ways, ...

Since the session began in January, Democratic leadership has been preparing for an estimated $12 billion deficit over the next four years. The new projection puts that number closer to $13 billion.

Democratic U.S. Senator Patty Murray and Congressmember Emily Randall are speaking out against potential cuts to Medicaid, ...

Advocates are wondering what Congress could do next to flex its authority over the nation’s capital, after a scramble over ...

Democratic voter Heather Ogden is furious at President Donald Trump's assault on the federal bureaucracy - and she wishes her ...

An Eagle Scout, Pete Sessions graduated from Southeastern University and worked for Southwestern Bell before coming to Congress. A reliable conservative, he voted to impeach former President Bill ...

Debate over representatives voting in person or remotely is one that has been debated for recent years, especially after the ...

President Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.