The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would help combat the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans, a bipartisan denunciation of such violence during the coronavirus pandemic.
Candidates are starting to emerge in the battle for the US Senate in 2022. Here's the latest ranking of the 10 seats most likely to flip:
President Joe Biden is "eager" to get a police reform bill on his desk, but White House press secretary Jen Psaki said what legislation is pas…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Monday dared his colleagues in the Senate to vote against the Democratic-sponsored COVID-19 Hate Crimes A…
The casket of slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans arrived at the Capitol on Tuesday as President Joe Biden and congression…
President Joe Biden has signed a bill extending the Paycheck Protection Program. Speaking in the Oval Office, with Vice President Kamala Harri…
In the wake of mass shootings in Atlanta, GA and Boulder, CO, a look back at major gun laws passed in the United States.
North Dakota's House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill giving more time for local election officials to process absentee and mail-in …
In his first presidential press conference, Joe Biden was pressed on other issues beyond the pandemic including reforming the Senate filibuste…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden at his first news conference Thursday left the door open to backing fundamental changes in Senate procedure to muscle key parts of his agenda like immigration and voting rights past Republican opposition “if there’s complete lockdown and chaos.”
Senate Democrats and Republicans are bitterly divided over voting rights legislation that would establish federal standards on early and mail-…
President Joe Biden wants the Senate to engage in old-fashioned filibusters, forcing senators who try to block bills to have to stand and talk…
AP News Minute: Authorities in Boulder, Colorado say at least ten people including a police officer were killed in a shooting at a supermarket…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and democratic lawmakers speak on Capitol Hill as they seemed poised to claim victory Thursday in the House's first votes…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he will push for comprehensive immigration reform to get through Congress.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, the chamber's second-ranking Democrat, said Monday that he doesn't believe there's enough support in th…
New York's process for impeaching and removing a governor from office has some parallels — and some important differences — to the process the U.S. Congress uses for impeaching presidents.
The North Dakota Legislature has passed a bill exempting carbon dioxide stored underground from sales tax.
Democrats are making a new push to enact the first major new gun control laws in more than two decades, starting with stricter background checks.
President Joe Biden's major agenda items are likely to face obstacles in Congress.
The US House of Representatives is gearing up for a final vote on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan in an effort to send i…
The House is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the Senate version of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, a timeline that could s…
The Senate steered toward a voting marathon on Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on Friday after enduring an extraordinary half-da…
President Biden's attorney general nominee, Merrick Garland, likely won't be confirmed until at least next week. Republican Sen. Tom Cotton is…
Virus update: The Senate voted Thursday to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, with Democrats hoping for Senate approval of the package before next week.