Scott Detrow

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., plans to introduce a stopgap bill to fund government agencies through early February and avoid a partial government shutdown.

A key step in running for president: laying out a foreign-policy vision showing he or she can command the military and keep the country safe. Several likely candidates are hard at work on this front.

Foreign policy takes up a big part of every president's job. With presidential campaigns on the horizon, many of the Democratic contenders have been working to beef up their foreign policy resumes.

Nancy Pelosi is poised to once again be speaker of the House, after cutting a deal with several House Democrats who had previously opposed her. Pelosi will serve a maximum of four years in the post.

A bipartisan resolution directs the administration to end military assistance to the Saudi-led conflict. It draws on the Vietnam-era War Powers Act, marking the first debate on this war authority.

Deval Patrick passed on running for president this week, saying the campaign process is too "cruel." He's right — there are a lot of downsides to running for president.

Following the death of George H.W. Bush, there is rare bipartisanship as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pause to honor the 41st president. It's put the fight over government spending on hold.

President George H. W. Bush, who died on Friday, will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol — an honor for late presidents and senior lawmakers and other dignitaries.

Zinke suggests Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, who is in line to chair the House committee overseeing his agency, is a drunk. The ugly exchange comes ahead of likely hearings about Zinke's ethics issues.

The caucus vote is just the first of two key elections Pelosi needs to win. The full House formally votes on its next speaker on Jan. 3, the first day of Congress' next session.

Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is the projected winner of the Senate runoff, according to The Associated Press, overcoming missteps that brought the state's dark history of racism to the forefront.

Over the long weekend, President Trump aired several grievances, the federal government published a report on global warming and U.S. border agents fired tear gas at migrants at the border.

H.W. Brands brings to life a transitional era of American politics when the scope and power of the federal government was unknown, as were the boundaries of the United States.

A small group of House Democrats insist they have the votes to derail Rep. Nancy Pelosi from being confirmed as House speaker. Pelosi is confident and her record as a deal-maker is a central reason.

Eleven House Democrats and five incoming freshmen have signed a letter committing to oppose Nancy Pelosi's speakership bid on the House floor.

The freshman congressional class of 2019 went to Washington, D.C., for a whirlwind orientation, and will begin facing some major questions, like who to support for House Speaker.

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was elevated into House Republican leadership this week.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi continues to express confidence she will be elected speaker of the House despite effort by small group of Democrats who say enough members want change to defeat her.

Dozens of Democrats are preparing to run for president in 2020. Advisers to some say that the Thanksgiving holiday next week begins a short window for potential candidates to make decisions.

A group of roughly 10 House Democrats is organizing an effort to oppose Pelosi as the next speaker of the House, but they admit they don't have an alternative candidate yet.