If the Supreme Court court constrains the president’s authority, Trump's potential defiance of the court’s ruling could lead to a full-blown constitutional crisis. The post ‘Slipping into the clutches ...

President Donald Trump’s week included rewriting U.S. policy toward Russia and firing the country's senior military officer.

Patel is set to lead an agency that's been a frequent target of Republicans, including an effort to abolish it altogether.

Women make up 28% of voting members in the 119th Congress, a figure unchanged from the previous session but significantly ...

The GOP-controlled chamber has confirmed 18 of Trump's 22 Cabinet positions, freeing up valuable floor time for legislation ...

The Trump administration is directing immigration agents to track down hundreds of thousands of migrant children who entered ...

Five people say they're running and more are considering plans for the 2026 race more than a year before votes will be cast.

Despite their apparent powerlessness, Democrats can block appropriations measures with a Senate filibuster, as they could in ...

Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda Wednesday, ...

There’s also the fact that Hawaiʻi is the only Western state that doesn’t allow statewide citizens initiatives, in which voters can go over the heads of the Legislature and propose their own ballot ...

To be effective and competent at the Legislature, legislators and their staff need time to gather knowledge, analyze it, ...