President Donald Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to cancel the monthlong August recess, as well as other “long weekends,” in order to get the rest of his nominees confirmed.

An already active start to the 2026 cycle has kicked into overdrive in recent weeks with a major retirement announcement, the ...

Sen. Tim Kaine and Richmond NAACP discussed impacts of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," which extends tax cuts but reduces safety net programs, potentially affecting 322,000 Virginians' health insurance.

Texas’ first special session of 2025 starts Monday, during which state lawmakers will consider new congressional maps approve the proposal. Michael Li, senior counsel at ...

A Senate spending bill would restore funding for dozens of NASA science missions threatened with cancellation in the administration’s 2026 budget request.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to sign Senate Bill 1563, or the Squatter Bill, into law. The bill addresses the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7's I-Team learned that Governor JB Pritzker will sign the "Squatter Bill" into law. Senate Bill 1563 passed the Illinois House in May 2025. The proposed Illinois law would make it ...

Conflict — whether between lawmakers, caucuses or chambers — is a natural fact of any legislative session, and this session ...

While public TV and radio stations in much of rural America don’t depend on federal funding as heavily as their Alaska ...

Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha, who has strongly pushed legislation for a government takeover of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., will host a series of town hall-style ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs signed more bills this session than in either of the previous two sessions, but she also broke the state ...

When House Speaker Mike Johnson gave President Trump the gavel used to enact the Republicans' tax breaks and spending bill, ...