Has Congress ceded power to the White House — and can it get it back?

The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse and oversight over military actions, but recent actions by the White ...

Senate recesses, Trump preps for Asia trip as shutdown showdown continues

The second-longest government shutdown enters its 24th day with Congress out of session and the funding lapse heading toward ...

Measures to pay federal workers fail as members of Congress draw checks during shutdown

Democrats and Republicans appear no closer to re-opening the government than they were on Day 1 of what has become the second ...

Jack Smith wants open hearings before Congress on cases against Trump

Former special counsel Jack Smith wants to testify in open hearings before House and Senate Judiciary Committees on ...

Trump hosts Senate Republicans at renovated White House as the shutdown drags into fourth week

But as President Donald Trump welcomed Republican senators for lunch in the newly renovated Rose Garden Club — with ...
The Press Democrat

The five California Republicans who could lose their seats in Congress if Prop 50 passes

He moved to Southern California and ran for office in 1998, losing the Republican primary to Matt Fong to take on then-Sen.

Bill to fund SNAP in shutdown introduced in House

Rep. Marionette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) on Friday introduced a bill to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the government shutdown threatens payments of the food ...
Colorado Politics

Jack Smith asks for testimony before Congress to be public

Former special counsel Jack Smith has requested a public hearing before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on his ...