Congress

Congress on Wednesday approved a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways.

An executive said Twitter had conducted a sweep to remove more than 5,000 tweets and retweets, including Greene’s, that referred to a “Trans Day of Vengeance.”

Friday’s vote was an early test of unity for House Republicans, who have a thin majority. Lawmakers had proposed a score of potential amendments to the bill, including provisions that target transgender students.

A handful of red-state Democrats were instrumental in helping Republicans secure a rollback of banking regulations sought by then-President Donald Trump in 2018.

President Joe Biden issued his first veto since taking office by nixing a measure that would nullify a new administration rule for retirement plans.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Yellen testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, a week after the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history.

A pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, former Colorado Rep. Pat Schroeder, has died at the age of 82. Schroeder’s former press secretary says Schroeder suffered a stroke recently and died Monday night at a hospital in Florida, the state where she had been residing. Schroeder was the first woman elected to Congress from Colorado, and she went...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is being treated for a concussion and will remain hospitalized for several days after he tripped and fell.

Norfolk Southern’s CEO apologized before Congress on Thursday and pledged millions of dollars to help East Palestine, Ohio, recover from last month’s fiery, hazardous materials train derailment.

The Senate minority leader was reportedly at a private event when he tripped and fell.

A top House official said that a “significant data breach” at the health insurance marketplace for Washington, D.C., on Tuesday potentially exposed personal identifiable information of hundreds of lawmakers and staff. In a letter obtained by NBC News, Chief Administrative Officer Catherine L. Szpindor said Wednesday that the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI had alerted her to a data breach at DC...

After Republicans broke with Senate tradition to confirm 17 court nominees despite a “blue slip” from Democratic senators representing the home state tied to the judge, Democrats are being urged to do the same.

A new estimate finds the U.S. could face an unprecedented default on its obligations as soon as early June if Congress does not act to lift the debt limit.

Treasury will exhaust its emergency measures sometime between July and September unless Congress raises the debt ceiling, the Congressional Budget Office says.

The Department of Justice decision not to prosecute Rep. Matt Gaetz came months after a former friend was sentenced for sex trafficking and other crimes.

President Joe Biden plans to go on the offensive against Republicans by saying their policies would add $3 trillion to the national debt.

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., underwent surgery for prostate cancer Tuesday, just over a month after he revealed his diagnosis.

Here’s a breakdown of the seating chart in the gallery and where all the major players in Washington, D.C. will sit.

President Joe Biden met with the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday to discuss police reform and pledged “to stay at it as long as it takes.” The CBC requested the meeting following the brutal death of Tyre Nichols — and is pushing the president to reignite reform efforts during his State of the Union address next Tuesday. NBC’s Brie Jackson...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have left a meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with an agreement on how to address the issue of policing in America after the recent killing of Tyre Nichols.