Congress

Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, who has testified about coming face-to-face with rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, is now running for Congress in Maryland.

Both Democrats and Republicans have called for debt reduction, but they disagree on the appropriate means of doing so.

Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is shifting congressional districts to a more conservative seat on the opposite side of the state to improve her chances of staying in office.

An appellate court on Tuesday reversed a 2022 federal conviction against former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, ruling that he should not have been tried in Los Angeles.

A government shutdown is looming over congress, and D.C. is experiencing deja vu all over again.

This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker who vowed to “never quit,” and then did just that.

The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 87-13 It now heads to the House, where opponents have been more vocal about their concerns

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, said Wednesday that he plans to resign from Congress at the end of the year.

“I know my work is only getting started,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said Tuesday he’s ending his blockade of most military nominees, clearing the way for hundreds to be approved.

The subpoenas were approved by 11 Democrats; no other senators voted. GOP members walked out of the committee room during the vote following some partisan bickering.

A man who pleaded guilty to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment was sentenced to more than two years behind bars Thursday.

The Senate met into the night to pass a temporary government funding bill, sending the measure to President Joe Biden days before the shutdown deadline.

During a dramatic day on Capitol Hill, House lawmakers passed a bill that would avert a government shutdown. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports on what comes next.

Tensions erupted on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after a fistfight nearly broke out in a Senate hearing and one Republican congressman accused former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of assaulting him.

The former senator described the Wednesday morning attack in a video she posted online.

The 234-188 tally came after enough Democrats joined with Republicans to censure Tlaib, a punishment one step below expulsion from the House

Rep. George Santos, R-New York, spoke to reporters after the House voted down a resolution to expel him.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has said he will continue to hold the nominees up unless the Pentagon ends its new policy of paying for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care

Democratic U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland will not seek reelection in 2024, choosing to depart his seat after 18 years. Sarbanes has represented Maryland’s traditionally blue 3rd congressional district since 2007. He said in a statement Thursday that he wants to return to working in different areas of public service, like nonprofits and volunteer work. Sarbanes said he is...