House Republicans are taking nearly three weeks to elect the next speaker of the House, but the "essence of Congress is 'the math,'" which requires having a clear strategy.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has officially launched his bid for Speaker of the House after floating a run for the gavel with allies and colleagues Friday.

President Biden says a goal of Hamas' terrorist assault against Israel was to derail a historic normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, an assessment that fits with analysis promoted by many regional experts since the Palestinian militant group's Oct. 7 attack.

A Republican lawmaker is attempting to stymie division in the GOP before lawmakers choose a third nominee for Speaker of the House with a pledge to support whoever that nominee may be.

Night after night for six weeks, Erika Hernandez knelt outside her home in central Mexico and prayed: "Please, God, don't let my son turn into a criminal."

President Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico border in the hope that it will bring more Republicans on board.

A record number of migrant encounters occurred at the southern border in the month of September, data released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found. There were a total of 269,735 encounters at the southern border, CBP found, bringing the total for 2023 to 2.47 million. Migrant encounters were up slightly from the...