Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's relationship to the rich and powerful has surfaced in congressional contests across the country.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would ban artificial superintelligence, pause development of advanced AI systems and create a new Department of Artificial Intelligence.

The Trump administration plans to limit refugee admissions in 2027 to 17,500 mostly white South Africans.

Communications failures that snarled U.S. air traffic Monday highlight the aging systems controllers rely on to guide roughly 45,000 flights a day.

In a key victory, Bolivia’s conservative government has secured lawmakers’ backing for a major international loan as unions threaten fresh protests.

A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened.

For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran.

The war against Iran has cost the U.S. more than $38 billion through Aug. 1 and will continue to cost up to $3 billion a month or more.

The loved ones of the 67 people killed in last year's collision between an airliner and Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., have a message for Congress and regulators.

The Kennedy Center board has voted to close most of the iconic performing arts venue just hours after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building.

The technology industry is urgently warning about the potential harm of artificial intelligence, but political inaction in Washington poses a challenge.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress would have to approve President Donald Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to each American adult if the Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election.

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration’s policy of holding immigrants without a chance for release recalls some of the darkest moments in the nation's history.

The Supreme Court is allowing the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project while his administration appeals a judge’s order halting the work.

The federal government has agreed to extend the pause on border construction in Big Bend National Park until mid-September.

Hours after Lindsey Graham's funeral last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told U.S. lawmakers his country needed the Russia sanctions bill they were considering, as a morale booster in the long war.

Two senators who are set to retire have embarked on a mission to save tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut in their benefits, starting in just six years.

President Trump has submitted an agreement to Congress aimed at boosting Saudi Arabia's civilian nuclear program.

Rick Mullaney, head of the Jacksonville University Haskell Public Policy Institute, joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on this week’s episode of Politics & Power to discuss the November midterms. How new faces, new fault lines, and turnover and turnout could decide the Congressional balance of power.

Florida chef Elijah Button faces a tough situation after losing his Affordable Care Act health insurance due to a premium hike.

Robert White Jr., the District of Columbia's presumptive delegate to Congress, has unveiled a plan to counter Republican interventions in the city's affairs.

The Trump administration has notified Congress of its plans to pay more than $800 million of the several billion it owes to the United Nations.

California state Sen. Aisha Wahab has secured victory in a special election to serve the rest of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s House term, which ends in January.

Federal agents have seized electronic devices from former Rep. Eric Swalwell and searched his Washington home as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by the ex-Democratic congressman from California.

Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former congresswoman Mary Peltola have advanced to November’s general election.

Brazil's Supreme Court is set to decide cases that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest and Indigenous communities.

The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season.

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project.

Six years after the world was thrust into a global pandemic, Republicans in power aren’t leaving it in the past.

Republican Rep. Max Miller of Ohio is resisting pressure to exit his reelection campaign for Congress, even as anxiety over his electability is growing within his own party.

Michael Fuqua couldn't immediately recall the name of the candidate he voted for in Michigan's 13th Congressional District primary.

President Donald Trump's administration has informed Congress that it intends to close five smaller U.S. embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions in Africa, Asia and the Western Hemisphere.

A left-leaning group is spending $6 million to organize Latino voters in Texas.

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) is projecting Social Security’s 2027 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) at 3.8% — unchanged from last month’s forecast and 1 percentage point higher than this year’s 2.8% adjustment.

Republican incumbent John Rutherford is seeking his sixth term in Congress, and will face Democrat Rachel Grage in the general election, after the candidates won their respective party primaries in August.

The Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence worldwide.

The stage is in battleground Pennsylvania.

House leaders are sending lawmakers home for the August recess after one of the rockiest sessions in recent memory to campaign for reelection.

More than 4.5 million people have lost access to food assistance since Congress enacted the 2025 Republican reconciliation law, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, examined by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The House has approved legislation that would bar members of Congress from purchasing individual stocks.

The House has passed a defense policy bill that incorporates President Donald Trump’s request for a historic $1.15 trillion in spending for the Pentagon.

The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities.

Ava DuVernay has announced a documentary for Netflix on the 14th Amendment, which gave liberty and rights to formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, and which has come under legal attack from President Donald Trump.

The twice-yearly changing of the clocks could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes it through.

House Republicans have unveiled a $95 billion plan focused on boosting defense, aiding farmers and enacting stricter voter registration rules.

There will be no turning back the clock if the House has its way.

Senate Democrats have blocked a $1 trillion annual defense bill in protest of President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

Lawmakers in the Senate have unveiled a bipartisan proposal to address Social Security's looming insolvency.

A Democratic senator says whistleblowers have alleged numerous problems with rushed reconstruction of the Kennedy Center.

Homeland Security has not fulfilled its promise to equip all officers with body cameras, despite receiving significant funding.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is doing all he can to get his 26-year-old son-in-law elected to his old congressional district in the vast north woods of Wisconsin.

A Democratic member of Congress is calling for a federal investigation into the "rent now, pay later" industry.

As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday this weekend, the legislative branch has momentarily called it quits.

A Supreme Court that has expanded gun rights will consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles, often called assault weapons, violate the Second Amendment.

It’s been 123 days since the U.S. and Israel launched the Iran war, and the world again awaits another round of some sort of talks as President Donald Trump and Iranian officials disagree over what and even how they’ll communicate.

A sprawling legislative package aimed at lowering the cost of housing and spurring more home construction won broad bipartisan approval from Congress this week, but it’s hit a major roadblock in becoming law.

The White House has formally requested $87.6 billion, mostly to replenish the Pentagon after the U.S. war against Iran, submitting the request to Congress at a politically difficult time, as a majority of lawmakers have objected to any further military action.

A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections.

A judge has barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year.

The Senate for the first time has approved a war powers resolution to block U.S. military action against Iran.

New York’s congressional candidates are delivering closing arguments ahead of primary elections Tuesday, as an ascendent progressive left takes on establishment Democrats.

The question hangs in the halls at the Capitol: Was the war with Iran worth it.

Democratic candidates in California have secured the two slots in a special general election to serve out the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term.

Senators are seeking to block Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel funds until the Pentagon submits its investigation into a strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed more than 165 people.

More than $350 million from President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has been quietly directed to White House security.

The Senate has tried again to advance a war powers resolution that would force an end to the U.S. military action against Iran.

The White House has informed supporters that President Donald Trump has accomplished his goals in the war with Iran despite the details of an initial agreement remaining unclear.

Robert White Jr. has won the Democratic primary for the District of Columbia’s delegate seat in Congress.

Republicans on Capitol Hill say they need more information about the agreement between the United States and Iran announced Sunday by President Donald Trump.

Fans who hear the whirring sound of a drone over a stadium might see it as a nuisance but law enforcement has long viewed those aircraft as a potential weapon of mass destruction.

Bill Maher is set to receive the Mark Twain Award for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on June 28.

Lawyers representing the federal government argue that a court cannot stop construction of a White House ballroom because it was already underway and because of the sensitive security concerns they say the structure is meant to address.

With virtually no strings attached, Congress is on the verge of providing a massive infusion of cash to the Homeland Security Department.

The House has passed a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy.

The House for the first time has approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran.

New Jersey voters will nominate candidates for both chambers of Congress in a state primary Tuesday, including in the competitive 7th Congressional District.

President Donald Trump is fuming about a court ruling that blocked his renovation plans for the Kennedy Center in Washington.

Rep. Christian Menefee has defeated veteran Rep. Al Green in a generational Democratic primary runoff for a newly created congressional district following Republican redistricting.

Democrats are increasingly critiquing each other over their personal stock trades as the party looks to hone its anti-corruption message against President Donald Trump in the midterm elections.

Mark Takano can't help but see the parallels in U.S. history.

All charges against four activists who protested outside a federal building during last year’s immigration crackdown in Chicago have been dropped in an unusual hearing where a top federal prosecutor appeared to acknowledge grand jury misconduct by his office.

A House committee has discussed the future of the Transportation Security Administration as the Trump administration lobbies to replace TSA officers with private contractors.

Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot are suing to block anyone from receiving payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for people who claim to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions.

Barney Frank has died.

President Donald Trump is defending the White House ballroom he's building.

A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s recent caps on federal student loans, arguing the limits will make it harder for students pursuing certain healthcare degrees to attain the necessary training and education.

Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has lost his Republican House primary after a concerted effort by President Donald Trump to oust him through challenger and ultimate winner Ed Gallrein.

Senators have unanimously approved a resolution to withhold their pay during government shutdowns.

Supporters of a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction Russia have reached a critical threshold to force a vote in the House.

With hurricane season weeks away, Florida homeowners are watching Washington amid uncertainty over the future of FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program, which helps millions recover after floods.

President Donald Trump is moving to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war.

The White House is telling Congress that hostilities with Iran have “terminated” despite the continued presence of U.S. armed forces in the region.

The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April.

Amtrak is considering allowing people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains, which critics say would weaken security measures that instead should be strengthened in light of the shooting at last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

Congress gave approval to a short-term extension of a key U.S. surveillance program as they continue to work toward a long-term deal.

Brazil’s Congress has voted to override a presidential veto and reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill funding much of the Department of Homeland Security and ending the longest agency shutdown in history.

The Voting Rights Act over its six decades became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history, preventing discrimination against minorities at the ballot box and helping to elect thousands of Black and Hispanic representatives at all levels of government.

Black members of Congress are bracing for a crippling shake-up of their ranks after a Supreme Court ruling gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act that had protected minority communities in political redistricting and helped boost their representation.

The Supreme Court has weakened a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere.