Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has resigned from Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced on Wednesday, the same day President-elect Donald Trump tapped the Florida lawmaker to serve as ...

Lawmakers return Tuesday after a six-week election break, where a lame duck session will blend lingering issues with the forward motion of the incoming Congress. With government funding set to run ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Republicans on Tuesday inched closer to winning a majority in the House of Representatives and with it full control of Congress ...

State Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet monitors election results in her campaign for Congress during a primary election night watch party in Saginaw, Mich., on Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Roth ...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday chose Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be their new leader, rejecting an outside pressure campaign from Donald Trump’s allies to break with the establishment in ...

Currently, both chambers of Congress enter "pro forma" sessions, even when the House and the Senate are out of town, as a tactic to block the president from bypassing confirmation votes.

Others in Michigan delegation are also eyeing leadership posts in the next Congress. U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, wants to lead the House Education and the Workforce Committee, where he's ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Michigan rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...

"I'm ready to get to work to continue to build that trust and continue to invest back into my district, because I take the job itself, as representative in Congress, I take that very seriously ...

New data on unemployment claims in the U.S. has revealed which states have seen the biggest increases since last year. The data, gathered by financial statistics site WalletHub, shows the ...