Congress formally certified the reelection of former President Donald Trump on Monday. It was a routine procedural moment, a striking contrast to the violent insurrection of Jan. 6 four years ago.

It was a dramatic beginning to the 119th Congress as Republicans prepare for unified control in Washington. Despite a handful of initial holdouts, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was re-elected speaker ...

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Monday on the News Hour, Congress formally certifies Donald Trump's election victory under the long shadow of the Capitol ...

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest ...

Biden said he is using authority under the federal Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect offshore areas along the East ...

It’s the first weekend since an ISIS-inspired Texas man killed more than a dozen people in New Orleans and silenced a city ...

The man who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans had suspected bomb-making materials at ...

Staff at The Washington Post are bracing for a wave of layoffs. It's the latest hit for the Post, coming just days after longtime editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned in protest. A series of high ...

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New Senate Majority Leader John Thune kicked off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to “ensure the Senate ...