As Republican and Democratic lawmakers trade blame for the U.S. government shutdown, some have begun to worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive President Donald Trump.

A Democratic member of the House Oversight Committee tells the BBC the prince needs to explain his connections to the late convicted paedophile.

The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse and oversight over military actions, but recent actions by the White House appear to step on that authority. We discuss whether Congress has ceded its power to the Trump administration and what it would take to get it back.

Congress is seeking a briefing on the NBA gambling scandal involving Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former player Damon Jones.

Carl Hulse is the chief Washington correspondent for The Times, primarily writing about Congress and national political races and issues. He has nearly four decades of experience reporting in the nation’s capital.

Colorado Libertarians’ civil war included lawsuits, competing factions claiming control and prior leadership attempting to place independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on

The public’s approval of Congress is souring amid the government shutdown, according to a new Gallup survey. The poll, released Wednesday, found that just 15 percent of respondents approve of the

With food assistance to 1.4 million Michiganders being cut, the Free Press asked the state's members of Congress to talk: Here's what they had to say.