Iowa's governor would appoint the majority of the commissioners that choose finalists to be district court judges under a bill that passed the Senate.

Progressives are vowing to run primary challenges against Democrats who do not do enough to stand up to President Trump and the GOP, an effort that is intensifying after Senate Minority Leader ...

Congress is already looking to the next spending fight after a bitter culmination to the fiscal 2025 funding battle last week that took the threat of a shutdown off the table through ...

His answer was no—that Senate Democrats should have taken a stand against Donald Trump’s lawlessness and withheld the votes Republicans needed to keep the government from shutting down. Even one ...

House Majority Forward's new billboards will attack Republicans over Medicaid and claim they want to give tax cuts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

A series of bills aimed at further cleaning up government ethics, lobbying practices and campaign contributions — while making it easier for new candidates to campaign for office — are suddenly ...

"Social Security is not being touched," Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga tried to assuage his panicked Michigan constituents earlier this month. The congressman may be misinformed or simply lying. Either ...

House lawmakers plan a pivotal vote on the proposal this week. Kemp has threatened to call a special session if it doesn't pass.

As President Donald Trump’s economic policies push stocks toward a bear market and the economy into a likely recession, you may find yourself wondering: Why would anyone do this? The simple answer is ...

Republicans and Democrats in the Connecticut legislature are divided over what to do with the state law that regulates how local and state police are allowed to interact with federal ICE ...