Trump administration revives strict visa screening rules targeting applicants likely to use public benefits. New State Department guidance expands public charge provisions.

Speaker Mike Johnson is not promising a vote on extending Obamacare credits that were enhanced during COVID-19, even as the Senate weighs its own vote on the issue to end the shutdown.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will retire from Congress after the end of 2026, concluding 20 terms in office.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's stunning win in New York's mayoral race blew up the internal fight that threatens to break apart the Democratic Party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) pegged Tuesday's GOP election losses as a sign of voters discontent with the economy, as reflected in exit polls.  “I will give the president some credit that inflation has been holding around 2.5 percent, but people in my district are really struggling,” Greene said in an interview published Wednesday by...