Congress returns to a changed Washington. Lawmakers are back in town this week for the start of what's called the “lame duck, ...

Control over the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic ...

Donald Trump wants his incoming party leadership to agree to recess appointments even though Republicans control the Senate.

Bald eagle lovers are flying high as Congress heads into its lame-duck session, with the potential of House action on a bill ...

Trump urged Senate Republican leadership candidates to allow appointees to be chosen while Congress is out of session and ...

Universities are decrying President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and offering a swath of therapeutic safe-space activities to ...

Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly return to Springfield this week facing an agenda that now includes ...

Congress has a short but important to-do list as lawmakers return to Washington this coming week for what is known as a ...

Analysis: In the past, US presidents have used their last months in office to influence the course of events in the Middle ...

Michigan Democrats are remaining tight-lipped about plans for lame duck in the coming weeks as several long-delayed policy ...

The president-elect said the next Senate majority leader should be open to bypassing Senate confirmation for administration ...