Passage of the Laken Riley Act — named after a Georgia nursing student whose murder by a Venezuelan man last year became a ...

Erik Olson, Washington, D.C. This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Readers urge thinking outside the ...

Republicans are now in a position to steer policy, pass laws and see them enacted as they control the Senate, House and White ...

Here are the Republicans who are running, thinking of running, or at least should be thinking of running for their party nomination.

Sen. Jerry Moran, left, visited Allen County Regional Hospital on Dec. 30. Sen. Jerry Moran visited Allen County Regional ...

If passed, new legislation would allow disabled Americans to marry without losing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits ...

In one of their first concrete actions of the new congressional session, the chairmen of the committees that oversee the ...

After serving 12 of the last 16 years as agriculture secretary, Tom Vilsack will end his tenure leading USDA at the change of ...

Punishing underperforming VA workers was a priority during Trump's first term. Congressional leaders want to zero in on the ...

Lawmakers are making the fast-track firing bill a legislative priority in a new session of Congress as the incoming Trump administration proposes similar goals.

Proposed legislation aims to increase Social Security benefits for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities by eliminating the "marriage penalty." ...

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency promised  at his confirmation hearing Thursday to work ...