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

The Senate confirmed Russell Vought to return as head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after having helmed the ...

House Republicans reported “very positive developments” after a marathon meeting at the White House on Thursday focused on ...

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When Senate Democratic Leader Schumer says “Jump,” Sen. Angus King of Maine, who purports to be an independent, dutifully ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson and a team of House Republicans spent hours in a closed-door meeting with President Trump Thursday ...

Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.

WASHINGTON — President Trump asked congressional Republican leaders Thursday to end tax perks for sports team owners and ...

Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy warned from the Senate floor that America’s democracy is on the brink of collapse. The Senate Democrat ranted about […] ...

As they try to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda, congressional Republicans face the same political risk as a generation ...

Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists Michelle Goldberg ...

But those sorts of efforts are faithful to the basic principle of democratic accountability, the idea that a single ...