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Fresh off a court victory preventing President Trump from slapping his name on the Kennedy Center, Rep. Joyce Beatty asked the judge on Wednesday to head off his plan for a two-year shutdown for renovations.

The Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to raise interest rates for the first time in three years, an attempt to control inflation in a move that defies President Trump's wishes and clashes with his upbeat economic message to midterm voters.

Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Trump's third surgeon general nominee, was grilled at her confirmation hearing Wednesday about her stance on childhood vaccines, and she voiced her support for immunization even as the administration has moved to make ...

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is pushing changes to the congressional mapmaking process to combat partisan gerrymandering and a repeat of this cycle's middecade redistricting wars.

House Republican leaders are sending members home Wednesday until after the November election, condensing their pre-midterm schedule in Washington for the second time.

Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump's third nominee to serve as surgeon general, appeared before lawmakers at her confirmation hearing Wednesday in the latest attempt to fill the post known as the nation's doctor.

Zyn, a nicotine pouch brand, has shut down a Democratic House lawmaker's attempt to capitalize on its popularity with young men.

Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that his family's dog, Sunny, has died.

Two House Republicans in battleground Iowa districts, including one who recently campaigned alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, changed their position on an Iran war powers resolution, joining with Democrats and a few other dissident members of ...

The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against whites and other minority groups in South Africa.