Congress

The Senate voted early Friday morning to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, partially resolving a budget impasse that has stretched since February.

The House Intelligence Committee voted this week to transmit classified documents tied to former CIA Director John Brennan to federal prosecutors, a move that signals the Justice Department may be building toward criminal charges.

Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) introduced legislation Tuesday to strip members of Congress of their airport security perks as TSA agents miss paychecks and American families face lines stretching hours at airport checkpoints across the country.

The U.S. House passed the BOWOW Act on Thursday, 228-190, a bill that would make non-citizens who assault federal law enforcement animals inadmissible to the United States or subject to deportation. Every Republican voted in favor. Only 15 Democrats crossed the aisle.

Texas is set to lose a record number of members of Congress heading into the next election cycle, a development that could significantly weaken the state’s influence on Capitol Hill.

The former assistant director of the FBI Washington Field Office, Dave Sundberg, announced a bid for U.S. Congress.

A Republican has joined an effort to block the power of the presidential pardon, backing a constitutional amendment on the matter.

With fewer than 48 hours remaining before funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is set to expire.

The House passed a bipartisan housing bill as President Trump sharply criticized the nation’s worsening housing affordability crisis.

Opposition to a controversial immigration compromise is exploding among conservative activists and lawmakers who say Senate leaders are pushing a stealth nationwide amnesty through delayed Department of Homeland Security funding language.