When King Charles III addresses a joint session of Congress this week during his state visit to the U.S., he’ll be following in the footsteps of the only other British Monarch to hold the same honor—his mother,

Congress returns this week with added pressure to find a deal to end the partial DHS shutdown. It also needs to find a way to end the impasse over FISA surveillance legislation.

The president pressed Republicans to unify and forge ahead with a party-line budget maneuver called reconciliation to fund certain immigration agencies.

Former Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse (R) in a new interview published Monday said Congress was not “wrestling” with big or important questions, hammering both the Republican and Democratic parties for not grappling with more forward-looking issues.

We look at what Congress might do as the 60-day window to vote on the war per the War Powers Act draws near, as well as what the latest polls say about President Trump's approval ratings.

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The state visit of King Charles III comes at a moment of tension over the war in Iran between President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

In today’s edition … The king and queen are coming to Washington … but first … When a federal court blocked construction on President Donald Trump’s new White House ballroom, the judge left the project with a way forward: Get Congress on board.

In 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump promoted a proposal called "The TRUMP Rules" that would restrict legislative lawmakers' privileges and actions. In early 2026, social media users spread a list of supposed reforms allegedly promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump called "The TRUMP Rules."

Democratic Rep. David Scott, who represented Georgia in the House for more than two decades, has become the fifth member of the 119th Congress to die in office.