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The justices have grabbed headlines by overturning precedent in major cases. Less noticed is their quiet attack on the executive branch.

Jim Kolbe, who represented Arizona in Congress for more than two decades, has died.

Jim Kolbe, a Republican congressman who represented a heavily Democratic region of Arizona for more than two decades and was a proponent of gay rights, has died. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said in a statement that Kolbe died Saturday. Ducey ordered flags lowered until sunset Sunday.

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's opponents received significant financial help from the Californian Republican and his allies before turning against his bid to become speaker.

Most railroad workers weren't surprised that Congress intervened this week to block a railroad strike, but they were disappointed because they say the deals lawmakers imposed didn't do enough to address their quality of life concerns about demanding schedules and the lack of paid sick time.

When BNSF railroad conductor Justin Schaaf needed to take time off from work this summer, he had to make a choice: go to the dentist to get a cavity in his molar filled or attend a party for his son's 7th birthday. "Ultimately I decided to take the day off for my kid’s birthday party,” Schaaf said. President Joe Biden signed a bill Friday to block a strike and force workers to accept the agreements union leaders made in September, even though four of the 12 unions — which include a majority of rail workers — voted to reject them. Business groups had been urging Biden to intervene for weeks.

In trying to prevent a work stoppage that could've threatened the fragile economy, Biden risks alienating his key allies: labor activists and workers.

The very phrase “debt ceiling” sounds austere and restrictive, as if it’s a lid on government spending. In fact, the US federal debt limit was first conceived more than a century ago to make it easier, not harder, for the government to borrow money. But it morphed into an explosive political tool with the potential to roil financial markets, since a failure to raise the debt ceiling could eventually result in a first-ever default on some of the government’s obligations.

With a strike looming, President Biden called on Congress to pass legislation imposing a contract deal that four rail unions had rejected, citing its lack of paid sick days.

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law making a rail strike illegal, preventing workers from walking off the job weeks before the holiday season.

This week, Congress passed a bill that effectively prohibits U.S. rail workers from going on strike. We dig into the history of an industry where previous work stoppages have turned deadly.

Former president Donald Trump, in a fundraising video, made clear that he stands with the mob that stormed the Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, to stop the certification of Joe Biden's win.

The Senate vote was 80-15. It came one day after the House voted to impose the agreement.

The Senate is voting on a legislative path forward designed to avert a railroad strike in eight days.

The Supreme Court declines to revive President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, but agrees to rule early next year on its legality.

The Senate is voting on measures to impose a contract, to provide workers with paid sick leave and to extend a cooling-off period.

As the Senate considers rail labor deal to prevent a strike, rail unions tell CNBC that paid sick leave remains key and votes will have election consequences.

Legislation to avert a freight rail strike in the United States is headed to President Joe Biden's desk.

The victims and family members who were killed and injured in the 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing should not be excluded from the compensation they deserve.

A coalition of immigration groups and former Trump officials are urging congressional leaders to take action to block an amnesty push in the lame-duck session of Congress.

The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on crypto regulation Thursday in the wake of FTX’s implosion.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told reporters that the committee’s report will not be completed before Congress is scheduled to leave for the month on Dec. 16, but there is a “good possibility” it will be out before Christmas.

Railroad workers are unionized and their contract is set to expire on Dec. 9, which has prompted speculation about a possible railroad strike that could disrupt travel and cripple supply chains.

Industry heating oil inventories have recently risen, but with a 54% jump in price in the last year, any hiccup in supply could mean a headache for consumers.

The Supreme Court declined last week to block the release of the returns.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who was elected leader of the House Democratic Caucus for the next Congress, held a press conference on Wednesday with Rep. Catherine Clark, D-Mass., and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., who were also elected to leadership positions. Jeffries, the first nonwhite party leader in Congress, praised his predecessor Nancy Pelosi as “an extraordinary speaker for the ages.”

Jeffries will succeed long-standing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has led House Democrats for the past 20 years.

Republican governors are urging congressional leaders to end the Biden administration's military COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act.

A strike could start as soon as Dec. 9 if not averted.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, chair of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's help after the FTX collapse.

The House is voting today on a bill that would force unions to accept the tentative agreement between railroad companies and their workers, and make a potential imminent strike illegal.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says congressional intervention is the "best way forward" to prevent a looming rail strike that would cripple the American economy.

Rep. Michael Waltz of Florida hopped on the phone with Fox News Digital to talk about his and his PAC's work to get GOP veteran candidates elected in the 2022 midterm elections.

A long-overdue ethics reform would be a useful final step for outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Lawmakers from both parties grumbled about stepping into the labor dispute, but they also said they had little choice.

Reactions to the Senate’s passage of the bill among LGBTQ advocates toggled between a sense of relief and dismayed resignation.

Having built her reputation as a MAGA flamethrower, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is trying to figure out how to become more powerful, even as Trump looks weaker.

Congress is moving urgently to head off the looming U.S. rail strike.

Texas sued the Biden administration after it said agents would prioritize for deportation only recent border crossers and those deemed a threat to public safety.

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to intervene to avert a potentially crippling freight rail strike before Christmas, even if it means handing a defeat to Democratic allies in the labor movement.

Stewart Rhodes and four co-defendants are accused of plotting to unleash political violence to prevent the inauguration of President Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

Our era of flip-flopping congressional control means more incentive to get things done while still in the majority.

Rail workers are demanding more paid leave, but the agreement Biden wants to pass includes just one day off.

Biden asked lawmakers to impose a tentative agreement from September that provides pay raises, protected health care benefits and better leave policy.

The push to pass legislation to arrived after President Biden issued a statement on Monday calling on Congress to “immediately” pass legislation to impose a union contract that recommended earlier this year by his emergency board that several unions voted down.

With President Biden urging Congress to prevent a rail strike, both rails and unions are drawing their lines in the sand on labor deal terms and consequences.

President Biden warned that congressional action was likely needed to avert a rail strike. His remarks came as bipartisan House and Senate leaders met to talk about legislative priorities.

President Joe Biden says he hopes lawmakers can work together to fund the government, boost spending for Ukraine and avert a crippling rail strike.

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he hopes both parties' lawmakers can work together to keep the government open, boost spending for Ukraine and avert a crippling rail strike. Biden's meeting with congressional leaders at the White House came as he looks to lock in more legislative wins before Democrats lose unified control of Washington on Jan. 3. In the meantime, the president is dependent on Congress to avoid a government shutdown on Dec. 16, and he wants major new funding to fight COVID-19 response and bolster U.S. support for Ukraine's economy and defense against Russia's invasion.

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President Biden has asked Congress to intervene to avert a “potentially crippling” railroad strike that he says could devastate the economy. Idaho college students returned to campus more than two weeks after four of their own were stabbed to death in a case that’s still without any known suspect. And the Senate is expected to vote in favor of same sex-marriage legislation Tuesday, which will send the bill to the House.

Biden is increasingly seizing on gun control—especially an assault weapons ban—as a political rallying cry, even as the votes remain elusive in Congress.

After Virginia Rep. Donald McEachin died Monday following a battle with cancer, the new Congress will begin with a vacancy until there is a special election.

After Virginia Rep. Donald McEachin died Monday following a battle with cancer, the new Congress will begin with a vacancy until there is a special election.

The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, putting Congress one step closer to ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.

All 12 rail labor unions need to ratify union contracts before Dec. 9 to avoid a shutdown.

The Supreme Court says in a letter to Congress that there is “nothing to suggest” that Justice Samuel Alito violated ethics standards following a report that a 2014 decision he wrote was leaked in advance of its announcement.

Democrats in Congress are hoping to secure a year-long budget deal before funding runs out on Dec. 16 and before Republicans take control of the House in January.

President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to pass legislation to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is in the fight of his political life as he seeks enough GOP backing to become the next speaker of the House.

Consumers could quickly start seeing higher gas prices and shortages of some of their favorite groceries if railroads aren’t able to agree on contracts with al 12 of their unions ahead of next month’s deadline after the latest rejection vote Monday.

A federal appeals court has ruled that Congress gave too much power to a nonprofit authority it created in 2020 to develop and enforce horseracing rules.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has taken herself out of the running for Democratic leadership in the next Congress.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the attack on her husband, Paul, by an intruder in their family home made her think about staying on as the House Democratic leader.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she won't seek a leadership role in the new Congress.

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $37 billion in aid to Ukraine.

Former Vice President Mike Pence blames Donald Trump for endangering his family “and all those serving at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, 2021, in his new memoir.

Another railroad union has rejected its agreement with the nation’s freight railroads.

The Biden administration has determined that Iranian threats against former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and one of his former top aides remain credible and persist.

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the tens of thousands who demonstrated against his proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority were people in favor of privilege, racism and classism.

Congress is returning to an extremely volatile post-election landscape.

Tens of thousands of people have packed the capital’s main boulevard to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority in the largest demonstration against one of the president’s efforts during his nearly four years in office.

The results of the midterm election are raising questions about the future of American support for Ukraine.

Former President Donald Trump is suing the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to avoid cooperating with a subpoena requiring him to testify.

The U.S. will send $400 million more in military aid to Ukraine amid concerns financial assistance for the war against Russia could decline if Republicans take control of Congress.

If Tuesday’s vote defied the durable history of presidential parties taking heavy losses in a midterm election, it also reinforced an often-forgotten fact: These campaigns are a patchwork of thousands of races, not a nationwide contest.

Neither party has reached the necessary threshold to win control in the House or Senate as of early Friday.

Results are still being finalized in key congressional and state legislature races across the country, but one thing that became clear overnight is that the 2022 midterm elections were not the red wave of Republican wins many pundits forecasted.

With the promise of a red wave receding, Republicans are facing the stark reality that any return to power would mean presiding over a narrowly split Congress.

Wednesday was a day for sorting, sifting and framing of an expensive, exhaustive and highly negative midterm election campaign.

Struggling to claw back power, Republicans are pushing state by state to break the Democrats’ one-party hold on Washington.

The crime-fighting arm of the IRS has identified more than $32 billion in funds this past fiscal year for eventual seizure.

The Hoopa Valley Tribe alleges in a lawsuit that the Biden administration is failing to collect money from farms that rely on federally supplied water to pay for damages to tribal fisheries.

President Joe Biden is raising the possibility of imposing a windfall tax on oil companies if they don’t boost domestic production.

Native American groups in Alabama and North Carolina are hoping that two outgoing U.S. senators can help them achieve something that's been elusive so far: federal recognition as tribes.

The home stretch of the midterm election campaign is a good news, bad news phenomenon for LGBTQ activists.

Democrats have held both chambers of Congress and the presidency for two years but may not have such consolidated power for much longer.

IRS pleas for more funding from Congress finally paid off this summer.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has formally issued its subpoena to Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden is promising that the first bill he sends to Capitol Hill next year will be one that codifies Roe v. Wade — if Democrats control enough seats in Congress for Biden to sign abortion protections into law.

Control of the U.S. Senate could again come down to Georgia — and that means it could further come down to the state's runoff election rules.

Congress is investigating the crisis that left 150,000 people in Mississippi’s capital city without running water for several days in late summer.

Consumer Reports explains everything you need to know about the new ways of shopping for a hearing aid.

China is opening a twice-a-decade party conference at which leader Xi Jinping is expected to receive a third five-year term that breaks with recent precedent and establishes himself as possibly the most powerful Chinese politician since Mao Zedong.

Never-before-seen video footage played Thursday by the House Jan. 6 committee shows House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders, including Republican allies of Donald Trump, responding anxiously — and angrily — to the insurrection at the Capitol.

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene once was shunned as a political pariah for her extremist rhetoric.

President Joe Biden says he is committed to “fixing our immigration system for good."

The pro-development party of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gained significant strength in Congress in national elections Sunday.

The enthusiasm for Donald Trump’s unique brand of nationalist populism has cut into traditional Democratic strongholds in places such as Monongahela in western Pennsylvania.

Boeing is behind schedule in submitting documentation for new versions of its 737 Max jetliner, and it's asking Congress for more time.