House Speaker Mike Johnson holds an ultra-thin voting majority as Congress races to avert a government shutdown. This is putting more attention on three upcoming special elections to fill vacancies in ...

Conservatives have challenged the drawing of some Black-majority congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms ...

Federal judges have lifetime tenure, and foreign leaders answer to their own citizenry. For now, they’re acting as the emergency brakes on Trump as he pushes to remake the world.

If congressional Democrats are going to embrace performative politics, they should be sure to give a good performance.

President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress last week — his first since returning to the White House. And it ...

President Trump’s address to Congress was filled with jokes and humor, which was a stark contrast to the serious warnings he ...

The silver display in front of House Speaker Mike Johnson during Trump's speech is considered "the oldest surviving artifact ...

Here's what it means to be censured in Congress after the House voted to censure Rep. Al Green following Donald Trump's address to Congress.

CBS News' Confirmed team is fact checking President Trump's 2025 joint address to Congress Tuesday night, his first speech to ...

The most affected states in that estimate include Oregon, Virginia, Louisiana, and Nevada, a report from policy group KFF said. Louisiana and Nevada both voted for President Donald Trump.

While the Trump Administration is cutting spending, the United States Senate, controlled by Republicans, is passing this new budget to increase spending. During Sen. Paul’s speech to the Senate ...

This analysis builds on earlier Pew Research Center studies measuring the gender distribution of Congress. Historical data comes from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, the U.S.