Following a tense vote on the House floor to re-elect U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker, the Louisiana Republican swore in ...

Congresswoman Bara Lee has spent more than half her life in politics, and her career has come to a stop for now.

FILE—Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., joined at left by Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., is surrounded by reporters after she lost ...

For most of his life, Das Williams has been called "a young man in a hurry." So, it was a strange feeling inside the Santa ...

During more than two decades in Congress, the Democrat has been the only Black woman elected to the House from parts of the ...

Oakland has been in political chaos since November's recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao, who was only on the job for two years ...

The US Senate passed a bipartisan bill early Saturday to increase Social Security benefits for close to 3 million federal, state and local public sector workers, which includes firemen ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress ...

Barbara Lee said Friday she will announce in early ... Earlier this year, Lee unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate, handedly losing the primary to fellow Democrat Adam Schiff.

The Senate on Friday confirmed President Joe Biden’s last two judicial nominees to lifetime seats on the federal bench, surpassing Donald Trump’s first-term total of 234 judges even as the ...