Power is increasingly being wielded by Trump and his executive branch, which the lawmakers in Congress are either compliant ...

Follow all the latest developments as the 119th Congress takes shape. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “either needs to resign and send somebody over ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson holds an ultra-thin voting majority as Congress races to avert a government shutdown. This is putting more attention on three upcoming special elections to fill vacancies in ...

Conservatives have challenged the drawing of some Black-majority congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms ...

Federal judges have lifetime tenure, and foreign leaders answer to their own citizenry. For now, they’re acting as the emergency brakes on Trump as he pushes to remake the world.

President Donald Trump vowed to keep up his chaotic and cruel campaign in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and ...

President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress last week — his first since returning to the White House. And it ...

CBS News' Confirmed team is fact checking President Trump's 2025 joint address to Congress Tuesday night, his first speech to ...

In the United States, the authority to set interest rates is divided between the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Board) and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The Board decides ...

Efforts to pass congressional term limits through Congress have been unsuccessful, leading to calls for states to initiate a constitutional amendment. National Term Limits Day is celebrated on Feb ...

“Governor Walz is not running for the United States Senate,” said Teddy Tschann, a spokesperson for Gov. Walz. “He loves his job as Governor and he’s exploring the possibility of another ...