Susan Davis

The measure affects millions of Americans. Among other things, it extends additional unemployment benefits of $300 a week through early Spring. Many economists believe additional aid will be needed.

Congress has reached a deal on a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, which includes direct payments, money for small businesses, resources for vaccine distribution and more.

A new congressional delay means Americans will have to keep waiting for additional pandemic relief from Washington.

Top House Democrats want to revive the spending practice that allows members to request money for specific projects. It has been effectively banned since 2011.

A bipartisan group of centrist Senate and House lawmakers unveiled a $908 billion pandemic relief proposal in an attempt to break the months-long impasse over the issue on Capitol Hill.

A loosely assembled group of House and Senate lawmakers released a legislative framework they hope can break the months-long impasse between party leaders and the White House on pandemic relief.

President Trump lost, but House Republicans had a better-than-anticipated 2020 election. They picked up at least eight seats and narrowed the House Democrats' majority.

President Trump lost, but House Republicans had a better than anticipated 2020 election. Republican strategists and candidates explain how they did it, and why the suburbs are not lost for the party.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will continue in their leadership roles in the next Congress. But control of the chamber won't be decided until January.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has a long history with Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell. What will that mean for President-Elect Biden's time in the White House?

Joe Biden laid out an ambitious agenda for what he would like to do after he's sworn in as the 46th president. But Biden will not necessarily have the congress he wants to easily pass it.

Many Republicans have not yet made statements in the wake of Presidential Donald Trump's re-election loss.

Democrats in the House and Senate failed to make the gains they signaled were within reach. Republicans in the Senate have the edge to keep their majority, and the GOP will make gains in the House.

NPR takes a final look at the top House and Senate races and what is at stake in the next Congress.

These are the 13 races that will determine control of the Senate in the next Congress. To win control, Democrats would need to net-gain four seats, or three seats plus control of the White House.

Democratic candidates have outraised Republicans in nearly every competitive congressional race in 2020, giving the party a financial edge in the homestretch.

Democrats have outraised Republicans in nearly all competitive House and Senate races in 2020. Most of that money has come from small dollar donors who fear a second Trump term.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett insisted she would not be "used as a pawn to decide this election" during 11 hours of questioning on Wednesday in which she largely played down her conservative views.

On the second day of confirmation hearings, Judge Amy Coney Barrett faced questions on her judicial philosophy. But she cited precedent that she could not answer how she might rule on future cases.

Democrats blast efforts to move forward with Amy Coney Barrett's nomination so close to Election Day in Monday's hearing. "There's nothing unconstitutional about this process," Republicans argue.