Congress

Lawmakers want to force a vote on a resolution to require the administration to seek congressional approval before going to war in the Middle East.

There’s a provision in the bill banning members of Congress and their families from profiting off stablecoins. But it does not extend to the president and his family.

Sen. Mike Lee removed posts on his personal X account about the fatal attack on a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after he faced fierce backlash from Democrats.

Lawmakers are pushing congressional leaders to take greater steps to ensure their safety as they confront the growing risk of violence.

Several provisions in the bill passed by House Republicans last month, including Medicaid work requirements, would lead to the loss of coverage for millions of people.

US Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on charges of ‘forcibly impeding’ immigration officers at New Jersey detention facility.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, said Tuesday that he believes California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be “tarred and feathered” for opposing Trump’s immigration policies.

The National Weather Service is down 560 employees since the Trump administration and DOGE fired workers and offered buyouts and early retirements to others. Now, a bipartisan group of legislators is introducing a bill to reclassify forecasters as “critical to public safety,” making it faster to rehire for the vacancies. Meteorologist Chase Cain has the exclusive report.

After Elon Musk slammed the Republican spending bill, party leaders vowed to continue working to push through President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”

The multi-trillion-dollar tax-cut and spending bill now heads to the Senate, where Republicans have vowed to make changes.

After a marathon hearing, the GOP-led House Rules Committee advanced a sweeping package for President Donald Trump’s agenda Wednesday night.

Rep. Gerry Connolly, who represented Northern Virginia in Congress for more than a decade, died early Wednesday, his family announced. He was 75.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt previewed the Take It Down Act, a bipartisan bill that outlaws publishing, or threatening to publish, explicit or intimate images without a person’s consent. Trump is expected to sign the bill into law Monday afternoon.

The same panel voted against advancing the measure, which includes massive tax cuts and changes to border security, two days earlier.

Conservatives have blocked President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill. House Republicans failed Friday to push it out of the Budget Committee. Four GOP conservatives initially voted against it, demanding further cuts to Medicaid and green energy tax breaks. A fifth switched his vote in a procedural step so it could be reconsidered later and says he’s...

Texas hospitals fear Medicaid cuts as Congress pushes forward with major tax reform.

As Republican lawmakers push for sweeping tax cuts, proposed reductions to Medicaid funding have Texas hospitals on edge. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan reports from Dallas on how potential changes could affect children’s healthcare across the state.

The legislation includes work requirements, stricter eligibility checks, citizenship verification and new limits on federal funding for Medicaid to states. It met swift Democratic opposition.

Fetterman, who is facing scrutiny after former staffers have raised concerns about his mental health, has missed nearly every committee hearing and regularly skips votes.

Their stance further complicates the task for House GOP leaders as they try to advance a massive bill for Trump’s agenda through the tax-writing committee next week.