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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, was in full combat mode as she went hard after Hegseth and his qualifications to lead the ...

Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Defense, promises to be a change agent and keep politics out of the ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, but most Democrats passionately ...

House Republicans are beginning early discussions about whether aid to California should be conditioned on changing liberal ...

Democratic Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Mikie Sherrill, who are running in New Jersey's gubernatorial race, both ...

A one-seat Republican majority in the Statehouse and a looming special election made for a tense start to a new era of ...

Minnesota's House Democrats boycotted the opening session of 2025 to prevent Republicans from using a temporary majority to elect a speaker.

The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing ...

We here at the Republican Party want to assure victims of the Los Angeles wildfires that we are ready to provide federal aid ...

DFL House members followed through on a threat to boycott the beginning of the legislative session in an attempt to deny a ...

Republican tax writers boosted pressure on the rest of their party on Tuesday to pass tax cuts as their top legislative ...