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Connolly, an outspoken Democrat who sought key reforms in the federal government while bringing transformational development to his populous Virginia district, died Wednesday.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon will testify Wednesday on the White House's budget request for the agency that President Donald Trump has ordered to be dismantled.

President Trump spent the morning on Capitol Hill trying to sell holdouts within his own party on his legislative agenda. The bill would roll back Biden-era environmental investments and remove millions from free or subsidized health care. But costs ...

On Friday nights, you see Jonathan Capehart alongside David Brooks discussing the big political stories of the week. But it was a long journey that led him to the News Hour. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss his new memoir, "Yet Here I Am: Lessons from ...

Up to a dozen people from several countries may have been deported to Africa, immigration rights lawyers told a judge.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio faced questions from Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., about President Donald Trump's acceptance of a gift from Qatar - a nearly-$400 million aircraft that Trump says will replace Air Force One.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the constitutional provision that allows people to legally challenge their detention by the government is actually a tool the Trump administration can use in its broader crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stumbled Tuesday when asked to define habeas corpus, the constitutionally protected right to unlawful detention.

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Donald Trump, says he'll be spending less on political campaigns.

The emergency management director in one of the state's hardest-hit counties said debris removal operations have ground to a halt and people who lost their homes aren't getting the help they need.