The South Dakota Republican, a likely successor to Republican leader Mitch McConnell, says he will run for reelection in 2022, putting an end to the speculation about his political future.

Distrust between the parties is high a year after the violent insurrection. And it has affected how the institution operates.

It's the latest push by Senate Democrats to make good on their promise to pass voting rights legislation.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is asking fellow members of Congress to cooperate in the probe.

The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has requested that Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, a longtime ally of ex-President Trump, voluntarily provide information to the panel.

Chairman Bennie Thompson's letter to Jordan asks for information and an interview to discuss his conversations with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6.

President Biden acknowledged in a statement Thursday night that his spending agenda will be delayed well beyond a hoped-for Christmas vote in the Senate and now may take "days and weeks" to complete.

President Biden acknowledged that his Build Back Better spending bill is going to need "days and weeks" to complete, even though Democrats wanted to vote on it by Christmas.

For weeks, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had promised a vote on Biden's social and climate agenda before Christmas. But all 50 senators in caucus have not been able to unify behind the plan.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is working to tamp down internal feuds and shift members to talking about inflation and other issues that he believes will help his party return to the majority.

House Republicans are in a strong position to win back control of the chamber but divisions threaten to throw the party off message.

A growing number of House lawmakers have opted not to run again in 2022, but so far more Democrats than Republicans are choosing to end their service.

The bipartisan vote shows support for ramping up economic sanctions against the Chinese government. It bars any goods manufactured by Uyghurs in internment camps in Xinjiang.

U.S. lawmakers from both parties agree that China must face retaliation for human rights violations and took action Wednesday to go on the record against slave labor.

A day before the Friday deadline, lawmakers approved a spending bill that will keep federal agencies running through Feb. 18, 2022.

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., recently suggested Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was a suicide bomber. The Islamophobic comments are the latest in a string of racist rhetoric in the House.

Lawmakers return from the Thanksgiving break to a pileup of critical legislation — to fund the government and avoid a default on the nation's credit limit, plus a $2 trillion spending bill.

Congress faces a Friday deadline to keep federal agencies funded and avoid a partial shutdown, while Democrats push to pass the remainder of President Biden's spending agenda.

The Build Back Better agenda is the largest expansion of the social safety net in decades. Democrats say they learned from the debate over the Affordable Care Act and are selling their bills sooner.

With less than a year until the mid-term election, dozens of lawmakers are calling it quits. NPR's Dierdre Walsh explains why.