House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new book, The ABCs of Democracy, and what's ...

The PRESS Act, which would protect journalists from government spying, enjoys broad bipartisan support and has passed the ...

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold ...

Trump wants to not just shake up but eliminate the federal education bureaucracy and send it back to the states. Students ...

In a world where voters are bombarded with information from countless sources, no single media misstep carries the weight it ...

Democratic Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Jared Polis of Colorado on Wednesday announced the launch of a non-partisan ...

The success of the G.O.P. push to keep the majority suggests that it paid no political price for the chaos and paralysis of its past two years in control of the House.

Boosted in part by two pivotal Arizona races, Republicans have won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, helping ...

Donald Trump said he would use the department to further his priorities. He also said he would close it. Both options would ...

House Republicans are planning to strategize with President-elect Trump on their path forward to funding the government past ...

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. Here’s what the Department of Education does ...

Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the ...