In Speech to Congress, Trump Is Expected to Boast About DOGE Cuts and Ukraine Tuesday night’s address will be a remarkable return to a chamber that President Trump last addressed five years ago, before voters ousted him from office.

As Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet Congressional Republicans have mostly tempered their criticism or deferred to the president as he topples what were once their party’s core foreign policy principles.

Rosa DeLauro: Congress, Not Trump, Controls the Money It is right there, as clear as day in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 that the legislature controls the money.

Trump Kicks Congress to the Curb, With Little Protest From Republicans The administration is showing it doesn’t view the House and Senate as equal partners. So far, Republicans, who hold both majorities, are accepting their new status.

Does Trump Have the Power to Block Spending That Congress Has Authorized? The White House’s temporary pause on trillions in federal spending could set up a court fight over executive authority and Congress’s control of the purse.

Judge Cannon Mulls Release of Trump Documents Report to Congress The decision by Judge Aileen M. Cannon not to issue an immediate ruling raised the possibility that President-elect Donald J. Trump would take office in the meantime and have power over the report’s release.

In Congress, a Push for Proxy Voting for New Parents Draws Bipartisan Support A group of younger lawmakers is pressing to change House rules to allow members who are new parents to vote remotely.

The Next Congress We explore the disagreements that could define the new Congress — and potentially derail Donald Trump’s agenda.

Congress Certified Trump’s Victory Without Disruption Also, Trudeau said he would resign as Canada’s prime minister. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

Congress Overhauled the Electoral Count Process After the 2021 Violence Bipartisan legislation enacted in 2022 makes it much more difficult for lawmakers to object to a state’s votes, and clarifies that the vice president cannot unilaterally overrule them.

Congress to Certify Trump’s Election, With Memories of Riot Looming Large A joint session of the House and Senate is set to convene at 1 p.m. to perform a ritual that was once considered ceremonial and uneventful.

With Speaker Drama and Family Photos, New Congress Gets Off to a Wobbly Start There was a first-day-of-school energy on Capitol Hill as members of Congress took their oaths and Speaker Mike Johnson fought for his job.

119th Congress adds 2 Hindus, 2 nones, remains mostly Christian (RNS) — Despite America’s shifting religious landscape, the faith of the country’s representatives has changed little. The post 119th Congress adds 2 Hindus, 2 nones, remains mostly Christian appeared first on RNS.

Pelosi Returns to Congress After Hip Surgery, Without Her Signature Stilettos A recent fall on a marble staircase at a palace in Luxembourg required the former speaker to have emergency hip replacement surgery.

How Congress Could Find Itself Paralyzed, and New Orleans Attack Update Plus, Kenyan villagers get a scare from space.

Democrats’ Battleground Leader, Exiting Congress, Reflects on What She Learned Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, the only Democrat in a leadership position to leave Congress this year, talked about her party, her competitive district, and what the Trump era has in store.

Yellen Issues Debt Limit Warning to Congress The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit.

Kay Granger’s Senior Living Revelation Draws Fresh Scrutiny to Aging Congress Representative Kay Granger, Republican of Texas, has been largely absent from Capitol Hill since the summer and has moved into a retirement home.

Congress Approves Spending Extension, Ending Shutdown Crisis The Senate passed the measure, sending it to President Biden’s desk, shortly after the midnight deadline for funding to lapse.

As Trump Turns Away From Ukraine, Even Supporters in Congress Rethink Aid Reality has set in on Capitol Hill that with President-elect Donald J. Trump poised to take office, the era of U.S. military support for Ukraine is coming to an end.