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Top Pentagon leaders have told Congress that reports of Russia offering Taliban militants bounties for killing Americans were not corroborated by defense intelligence agencies

The bad blood between House Democrats and the Trump administration is growing by the day, with a court battle all but ensured now that the Treasury Department has formally denied the Ways and Means Committee’s request for President Trump’s tax returns.

Newly released government data show at least a dozen lawmakers have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid

Proposed federal legislation that would radically transform the nation’s criminal justice system with such changes as eliminating agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the use of surveillance technology was unveiled Tuesday by the Movement for Black Lives

The House has easily passed a temporary extension of a subsidy program for small businesses slammed by the coronavirus, speeding the measure to President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump is coming under growing pressure from lawmakers to respond to allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan

The House has approved a far-reaching policing overhaul from Democrats

A policing overhaul may have collapsed in Congress, but House Democrats are returning Thursday to Washington for a daylong debate on their package of law enforcement changes

A Republican policing bill stalled out Wednesday, blocked in a vote by Senate Democrats who dismissed it as meager “crumbs.”

The government’s top infectious disease expert says the next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge in the U.S. Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a plea Tuesday for people to avoid crowds and wear masks, just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to address a crowd of his young supporters in one hot spot, in...

President Donald Trump’s call for another election-season round of direct stimulus checks to most taxpayers is getting a lukewarm endorsement at best from his GOP allies on Capitol Hill.

Congress is hitting an impasse on policing legislation, despite public outcry for changes after the killings of Black people

Democrats and Republicans in Congress have introduced legislation to reform policing in America, but they diverge on some issues

The Democrat who leads the House Judiciary Committee is set to subpoena Attorney General William Barr for testimony early next month, NBC News has confirmed.

Congress is in no hurry to hear more tales of President Donald Trump from his former national security adviser

Portraits honoring four former House speakers who served in the Confederacy are gone from the U.S. Capitol

Rep. Andy Barr is expressing “profound grief” over the unexpected death of his 39-year-old wife at their home in Kentucky

George Floyd’s brother is challenging Congress to “stop the pain,” testifying on Capitol Hill that Floyd’s death should not be in vain

Democrats in Congress are proposing an overhaul of police procedures and accountability after the mass protests over the deaths of black Americans at the hand of law enforcement

Congressional Democrats unveiled legislation Monday to overhaul police accountability