House passes Trump-backed bill, tightening his grip on the Republican Party despite backlash over debt and cuts to Medicaid.

There are, of course, existing third parties in the US. The Green and Libertarian parties appear on most ballots for ...

A University of Massachusetts student who was interning in Congress was killed in a shooting in Washington, D.C.

The Supreme Court will take up a Republican-led drive to wipe away limits on how much political parties can spend in ...

Frustration within the Republican Party was coming from two camps: fiscal hawks and lawmakers representing districts that ...

About 170,000 Washingtonians stand to lose food stamp benefits under the Republican megabill that passed Congress Thursday, state officials estimate.

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk spent July 4 publicly plotting a strategy for his proposed “America Party” to gain control ...

Feeling out of step with President Trump’s G.O.P., Senator Thom Tillis and Representative Don Bacon are deciding to retire.

While the eyes of the country's political world have been turned on Washington this week for President Donald Trump's legislative agenda, tragedy struck the family of a Republican congressional intern ...

Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska has announced he will not seek reelection next year. The 61-year-old Bacon ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in the House were busy Wednesday trying to win over some final holdouts on President ...

In a polarized Washington, Alaska's senior senator is a moderate in a Republican Party dominated by President Trump. She ...