Congress

An unidentified “adversary” hacked into the email system for the Library of Congress, accessing information sent via email between January and September 2024, the Library said.

Republican senators are preparing for a robust vetting of Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, with a keen interest in details from a House Ethics Committee investigation into the former congressman from Florida.

House Republicans on Wednesday endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to remain as House speaker.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was chosen by House Republicans Wednesday afternoon to be the Republican nominee for speaker in January, according to a post by the House Republican Conference on X. 

At a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, former senior intelligence official Luis Elizondo testified that Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) are in some cases “splitting aircraft formations right down the middle.”

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told NBC News he recently “made a mistake” mixing Ambien and alcohol ahead of a flight and was “briefly detained” by police.

Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives by the thinnest of margins, NBC News projected on Wednesday.

Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives by the thinnest of margins, NBC News projected Wednesday, handing President-elect Donald Trump and his party all the levers of power in Washington.

Former senior intelligence official Luis Elizondo testified Wednesday at House Oversight Committee hearing that a “multi-decade secretive arms race” is playing out on the global state.

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell in the top job.

As Donald Trump is announced as the 47th president-elect of the United States and the Senate is projected to have a Republican majority, all eyes turn to the House of Representatives, where some races have not been called as of 5 p.m. Two of the House races that have eyes on them are the 4th and 19th districts of New…

The Republicans took over control of the U.S. Senate for the first time in four years.

Whichever party wins control of the House and Senate must decide how to handle a slew of consequential policy matters.

These sleeper congressional races could determine which party wins a majority in the House or Senate, which will have a substantial impact on the next president’s agenda.

The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Andy Harris, suggested that North Carolina’s Republican-controlled state Legislature should consider awarding the state’s electors to Donald Trump before all votes are counted.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton are drawing attention to the environmental records of Republican Sen. Rick Scott and his Democratic challenger, former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw clashed over abortion and immigration Sunday in their first debate for New Jersey’s Senate seat, open this year after Bob Menendez’s conviction on bribery charges and resignation. Kim, a three-term representative from the 3rd District, hammered Bashaw for his support of former President Donald Trump and expressed skepticism about Bashaw’s position as an...

Congress is off for the campaign season. Now, lawmakers from one of the most chaotic and unproductive legislative sessions in modern times are trying to persuade voters to keep them on the job.

Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., called Haiti the “nastiest country in the western hemisphere” in a post on social media Wednesday, saying migrants from the Caribbean nation, the majority of whom are in the U.S. legally, should “get their ass out of our country.”

The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution Friday that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions.