The 119th Congress will be the first one in recent years to buck the general trend of more racial, gender, age and ethnic ...

Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Colorado, a Democrat, is leading a bipartisan effort to allow new parents to represent their ...

Multiple members of Congress were denied entry to the Department of Education on Friday, according to videos and social media ...

Trump is moving at breakneck speed to disrupt and reshape the federal government, challenging oversight powers reserved for ...

The median age of voting members of the House of Representatives is now 57.5 years, while the Senate's median age is 64.7 ...

In his first week in office, President Trump displayed an unusually expansive vision of executive authority. He challenged ...

Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.

Democratic members of Congress were denied entry Monday to the U.S. Agency for International Development, after billionaire ...

Donald Trump’s apparent plans to shutter the US Agency for International Development without congressional authority ...

Congress members have tried for decades to clear Garvey's name, according to the current members who pushed for his exoneration. Former Rep. John Conyers of Michigan led hearings in 1987 for the ...

As the Republican trifecta in Washington gears up to implement its agenda during the 119th Congress, it will matter quite a ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The stock market had a record-breaking run last year, but members of Congress still managed to outperform it with their portfolios making ...