The speaker of the House announced Friday he will resign from Congress after more than 20 years on the job.
The Republican Speaker of the House made the announcement a day after the pope's historic address to Congress.
Responses to Pope Francis' historic address to Congress on Thursday were predictably split along party lines.
Pope Francis spoke to Congress Thursday, addressing immigration, the death penalty, climate change and the family.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush seems to be picking up the pace, attacking rival Donald Trump more often on Twitter.
A motion to oust Speaker Boehner? A refusal to vote on a highway bill? Skirmishes in the ongoing Republican civil war.
Nearly half of the Democrats in Congress have endorsed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 bid, but she's not taking them for granted.
House Democrats are likely to be key in preventing Republicans from scuttling the deal.
Legislation passed in May will make it very difficult for the Republican-controlled Congress to reverse the president's deal with Iran — but that won't stop them from trying.
The resolution would have taken down the Mississippi flag from the House side of the Capitol. But House Republicans were not having it.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Tuesday to fight sexual assault on all campuses in the state.
The bank gives low-interest loans to foreign buyers of U.S. goods, while domestic rivals of those foreign buyers borrow at market rates.
President Obama is now set to complete negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which aims to be a massive trade deal with 11 nations.
“When I became president, same-sex marriage was legal in only two states. Today it’s legal in 37 states."
The Senate voted Wednesday to approve Trade Promotion Authority. Repeated efforts by congressional Democrats to sink the bill failed.
Hillary Clinton is in a tough position for her former embrace of trade reform between the Americas and Pacific nations as Democrats abandon the measures.
Hillary Clinton said President Barack Obama should work with Democrats to improve the deal for workers and to make it more transparent -- or there should be no deal at all.
The 46-year-old son of the vice president died Saturday of brain cancer.
The former speaker of the House reportedly was making payments to a man to keep quiet about past sexual conduct.
Tens of thousands of women and children have been kept in immigration detention centers in the U.S. since the summer of 2014.
Questions have been raised about the safety of the U.S. Capitol building due to several security lapses in recent months.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants to boost federal funding for train safety systems following the deadly Amtrak crash in Philadelphia.