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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the Trump administration doesn't plan to seek congressional authorization for the war in Iran, saying the move was "unnecessary" because the conflict has been ongoing for nearly a month ...

Social Security has long been known as the third rail of politics, given that every attempt to fix the program over the past 30 years has proven politically toxic -- but a valiant group of senators is plowing ahead anyway ...

Travel disruptions deepened as senators raced to salvage a proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown by funding much of the department.

President Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass an 18-month extension of a federal surveillance law without changes, saying the military needs it more than ever due to the war with Iran.

A federal appeals court said Wednesday that the Trump administration is likely on solid legal ground with its new interpretation allowing mandatory detention of illegal immigrants as they await their deportation hearings.

Virginia Republicans aim to replicate the Youngkin model of achieving high turnout in rural counties and limiting the damage in the commonwealth's urban areas to overcome a new congressional map that heavily favors Democrats.

Democrats are still demanding that immigration enforcement agents stop wearing masks and obtain judicial warrants to enter private property as part of a counteroffer on Department of Homeland Security funding they sent Republicans on Wednesday.

Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that it's axing perks for members of Congress amid the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

Emily Gregory is a first-time Democratic candidate who on Tuesday pulled off one of the most politically symbolic upsets in recent Florida history, flipping a state House seat in President Trump's own Palm Beach County backyard.

The director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told lawmakers Wednesday that he filed to trademark President Trump's Board of Peace because bad actors were taking advantage of its domain name.