House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., got into a tense confrontation with two Democratic senators outside his office on Wednesday as anxiety runs high on Capitol Hill on Day 8 of the government shutdown.

Ian Krager, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who was speaker of the House when the 21% increase happened, ...

The government shutdown is only becoming harder for Americans to bear. But Republicans and Democrats still have yet to strike ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped ...

Republican U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt represents the Houston area. Credit: U.S. Congress U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, jumped into Texas’ U.S. Senate race Monday, becoming a wild card in a GOP primary ...

Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears present different ideas for the future of Virginia, from ...

Arizona’s Democratic senators got into a hallway confrontation with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday as the government shutdown’s eighth day dragged on. The clash between Johnson and ...

Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt (R) said in an interview published on Monday that he is running for Senate in the Lone Star State, joining an already contentious primary between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn ...

Amy McGrath, a Democrat and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, is setting her sights on representing Kentucky in the U.S. Senate to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell. McGrath, who previously ...

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene broke sharply with her party leaders on Wednesday as they tried to project a united front in the deepening standoff with Democrats over health care and the government ...