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As with case after case brought by President Donald Trump’s legal team or his backers, the effort fell flat under the scrutiny of the judicial system.
Five judicial nominees currently on Senate Judiciary's Thursday agenda will likely be the final Trump-nominated judges reported to the Senate floor.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin floated a new $916 billion coronavirus relief offer late Tuesday in a call with Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The defense authorization conference report contains a bevy of previously unpublicized new protections for victims of sexual assault in the military.
Not even the traditionally uncontroversial inauguration planning has been spared the hold-up caused by the election criticism of President Donald Trump.
Two veteran, retiring lawmakers are showing it’s possible to do your job in public life while still acting like a grown-up.
The provision in the Pentagon policy measure, which lawmakers will send to President Trump's desk this week, could lead to more spending on atomic weapons.
First elected to the House in 1970, Maryland Democrat Paul S. Sarbanes was elected to the Senate in 1976, and retired after five terms in 2007.
Democratic senators and liberal groups want Biden to use his nominees to make the historically white, male federal bench better represent the country.
A bipartisan $908 billion coronavirus relief plan was hung up over liability protections for businesses, which Republicans say have to be included.
The poll asked aides if they foresaw a virus relief bill before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Only 1 in 4 of the 96 respondents did.
Protections for the greater sage grouse and language addressing the carbon neutrality of forest biomass have stymied negotiations on year-end funding.
Sen. Richard J. Durbin's interest in the top Democratic spot on the Senate Judiciary Committee sparked a conversation about who gets leadership spots.
The House passed, 228-164, a bill to decriminalize cannabis on Friday. The vote is a symbolic victory for opponents of restrictions on the popular drug.
Congressional leaders plan to introduce up a one-week stopgap funding bill running through Dec. 18, according to aides familiar with the decision.
The lawsuit over Pennsylvania’s election results, which legal experts call ridiculous, could not by itself change the outcome of the Trump-Biden race.
Within the bill are at least 10 measures that directly address the military’s role in responding to the coronavirus crisis.
The president has promised to veto the fiscal 2021 measure, but the legislation is mostly filled with military spending proposals that both parties embrace.
Missouri Rep. Jason Smith edged out the more senior Bill Johnson of Ohio to become top Republican on the House Budget Committee next Congress.
The typically raucous House office lottery this year was subdued, brought low by a virtual experience thanks to COVID-19.