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Lawmakers were ready to pass a bill to delay a special election in New York State, but Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is in discussions with President Trump on congestion pricing, [...]

The Navy quietly started screening elite fighter pilots for signs of brain injuries caused by flying, a risk it officially denies exists. The Navy's elite TOPGUN pilot school quietly undertook [...]

I N EARLY 2020, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Democrat from New York, was asked to speculate about her role under a Joe Biden presidency. She groaned. ''In any other [...]

Byline: Ingrid Jacques, USA TODAY I'll admit I was nervous , watching the U.S. House of Representatives vote for its new leader earlier this month. After the debacle that happened [...]

Republicans' decision to push through the measure early in the new Congress indicated their belief that the issue is politically potent for them. Its future in the Senate is uncertain. [...]

Byline: Laura Meckler, Casey Parks The House was set Tuesday to debate a measure banning transgender girls and women from competing in women's school sports, elevating an issue that Republicans [...]

Byline: Laura Meckler, Casey Parks The House on Tuesday passed legislation banning transgender girls and women from competing in women's sports in elementary school through college, elevating an issue that [...]

The action put the measure on track for likely enactment given strong support for it among Republicans, who now control the Senate, and President-elect Donald J. Trump. The House on [...]

Forty-eight Democrats joined Republicans in supporting legislation that aims to deport more migrants charged with nonviolent crimes, a first salvo in a broader crackdown. The House passed a bill on […]

Byline: Leigh Ann Caldwell, Patrick Svitek, Alec Dent For weeks, Republicans in Congress have debated how to tackle President-elect Donald Trump's legislative priorities. Should they pass one sweeping bill or [...]

Vice President Joe Biden was standing in the well of the House on Jan. 6, 2017, overseeing the certification of an election that brought Donald Trump to power for the [...]

Byline: DAVID SHRIBMAN; Special to The Globe and Mail And with two raps of a gavel, the ordeal was over. Two months ago, Kamala Harris conceded the bitter 2024 presidential [...]

Byline: DAVID SHRIBMAN; Special to The Globe and Mail Once again, chaos reigned. For a stunning, revealing hour and a half. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives assembled Friday and actually [...]

The House must choose a speaker before it can swear in new members and certify Donald J. Trump as the winner of the 2024 presidential election. Last time, it took [...]

Byline: Marianna Sotomayor Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly said Rep. David Scott (D-Georgia) is 78. He is 79. The article has been corrected. - - - House [...]

Byline: Chris Brennan, USA TODAY President-elect Donald Trump, following the lead of his edgelord chancellor Elon Musk, has given congressional Democrats a gift that appears to keep on giving - [...]

Byline: Jacob Bogage, Marianna Sotomayor The federal government is less than 12 hours away from a shutdown as House Speaker Mike Johnson continues to strike out in his search for [...]

Byline: Jeff Stein, Tony Romm, Daniel Gilbert Legislation to keep the government from shutting down has gotten smaller - but it still hasn't passed. The original plan negotiated between House [...]

Byline: Jacob Bogage A bipartisan framework to put off a government shutdown appeared to hit snags over the weekend, and lawmakers continued bickering Monday over a federal funding bill that [...]

Byline: Mariana Alfaro More than 120 House Democrats have signed a letter asking President Joe Biden to urge the nation's archivist to recognize the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment [...]

President Biden and House Democrats objected to the bipartisan measure that would immediately give President-elect Donald J. Trump about two dozen new judicial seats to fill. The House on Thursday [...]

The $895 billion measure was approved over the opposition of most Democrats, who rejected a provision inserted by Republicans to deny the coverage to the minor children of military personnel. [...]

Byline: Cristiano Lima-Strong, Andrea Jiménez A bipartisan group of senators looking to raise pressure on House leaders to take up child online safety legislation revealed an unexpected ace over the [...]

Byline: Justine McDaniel The July assassination attempt against then-candidate Donald Trump should not have happened, the bipartisan House task force investigating the attack wrote in its final report - a [...]

In December 2024, the US House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence released a comprehensive report examining artificial intelligence's (AI) impact across various sectors, including a significant focus [...]

On January 3, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives approved its rules package for the 119th Congress ('House Rules') by a vote of 215-209.1As anticipated, the 119th Congress will increase [...]

At a glance This evening, the House of Representatives passed a short-term measure that funds the federal government through March 14, 2025. The Senate is debating the bill and is [...]

On December 10, 2024, by voice vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024. The bill has been published in [...]

The bill, known as the PRESS Act, would codify protections against federal investigators seizing reporters' records. It is now less likely the legislation will clear the Senate before the current [...]

Nine of the 16 races that will determine which party controls the House of Representatives are in California. No state takes longer to tally votes. The nation is again waiting [...]

In three key swing districts in New York's Hudson Valley, candidates are pressing for the support of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who tend to vote as a bloc. Representative Pat Ryan of [...]

Byline: Paul Kane It's no secret that the House has had a tough two years. One speaker, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), got ousted mid term, and his successor, Speaker Mike Johnson [...]

Byline: Chris Brennan, USA TODAY Let's start by acknowledging that almost any national event that dominates a news cycle during a presidential election now inevitably also becomes the subject of [...]

Byline: Marianna Sotomayor, Liz Goodwin, Paul Kane Congress may be headed for an Election Day double flip. With less than four weeks to go, Republicans appear poised to win the [...]

Democrats walked out on a committee hearing after Republicans called two of their own members who have nudged conspiracy theories as witnesses. The House task force on the attempted assassinations [...]

Ten Democrats joined the G.O.P.-led effort to rebuke 15 senior members of the Biden administration for the failures of the Afghanistan withdrawal in a symbolic vote. A bipartisan House majority [...]

The House speaker is trying to get a short-term spending agreement passed despite opposition from some conservative members of his own party. Speaker Mike Johnson is preparing to steer around [...]

Byline: Jacob Bogage Defying former president Donald Trump's demand for a government shutdown, the Republican-controlled House appears poised Monday to advance a bipartisan funding bill to keep federal agencies open [...]

Byline: Riley Beggin, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - With just 12 days to go until a potential government shutdown, the House attempted - and failed - to pass a 6-month funding [...]

Byline: Jacqueline Alemany, Marianna Sotomayor House Democrats will hold their own hearing next week to illustrate potential impacts of Project 2025 under a hypothetical Trump administration, according to people involved [...]

Byline: Paul Kane Just eight minutes apart, the two political arms competing for the House majority blasted out memos claiming momentum citing the exact same analysis. "Inside Elections shifts six [...]

The Republican-led subcommittee sought to blame the former governor for the state's early-pandemic guidance that may have left New Yorkers more vulnerable to dying in nursing homes. During the early [...]

Byline: Jacob Bogage, Marianna Sotomayor The House on Tuesday advanced Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) plan to prevent a government shutdown by a slim margin with two GOP defections, dealing a [...]