The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...

Republican legislators and the Trump Administration have launched a multi-pronged effort to cut back national monuments in ...

“I’ve been chosen as one of two delegates from Rhode Island to serve in this year’s 63rd Annual United States Senate Youth Program ... The two are headed to Washington for the program ...

A 2024 law changed the process for filling vacated U.S. Senate seats in Kentucky. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell's fall down the Senate stairs in Washington ... in the United States Senate ...

Jason Andrew for The New York Times Arriving just before midnight after her comedic speaking slot at the Washington Press ... on the floor of the United States Senate.” By 5 a.m., 20 Democratic ...

Legal expert Richard W. Painter warns that Elon Musk’s unchecked power in the Trump administration poses a historic threat to democracy. As Musk exerts influence over government agencies without Senat ...

The topic of the January 29 NYU Law Forum, held just nine days into the Trump administration, couldn’t have been timelier: the extent of the power of the US president to hire and fire government ...

Follow the latest coverage as President Donald Trump participates in the National Prayer Breakfast. Updates as the Senate ...

Demonstrators outside the Capitol on Wednesday in support of U.S. Agency for International Development.Credit...Haiyun Jiang ...

The Thursday night vote was planned after Democrats had exhausted their only remaining tool to stonewall a nomination — ...

While many of the protests starting to unfold target Musk, Americans don’t need to lose sight of the real danger: Trump. It is the president of the United States who is allowing an unelected ...

President Donald Trump hinted during a news conference that Japan could soon face U.S. tariffs if it doesn’t take steps to buy more from the United States ... visited Washington to try to ...