To be confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can afford to lose no more than three Republican votes if all Democrats are united in their opposition to him.

The White House defied a law that requires giving Congress 30 days’ notice and detailed reasons before removing the watchdog officials.

In 2017, Betsy DeVos barely survived her confirmation vote to become President Trump’s secretary of education.

The measure, which would require that medical providers resuscitate infants born alive during abortions, has no path to enactment after Democrats blocked it this week.

Representative Sarah McBride did not run for Congress emphasizing L.G.B.T.Q. issues. But since her arrival in Washington, her identity has come under attack from newly empowered Republicans.

The Florida governor used the wording in issuing a state of emergency over a cold snap expected in his state.

The New York senator, who swallowed concerns for months and then stalled for time on sharing them with President Biden, ultimately told him he risked going down as one of the “darkest figures.”

The former speaker clashed with Donald Trump throughout his first term, and the acrimony between the two persisted after he left office.

President Biden’s remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality into the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.

Republicans’ decision to push through the measure early in the new Congress indicated their belief that the issue is politically potent for them. Its future in the Senate is uncertain.

A group of younger lawmakers is pressing to change House rules to allow members who are new parents to vote remotely.

A group of younger lawmakers is pressing to change House rules to allow members who are new parents to vote remotely.

The Pennsylvania Democrat is the first senator in his party to announce a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump, a sign of the political times as the Republican trifecta is about to begin.

Vice President Kamala D. Harris presided over the certification of her own loss without disputing it, and Democrats made no move to challenge the results.

A recent fall on a marble staircase at a palace in Luxembourg required the former speaker to have emergency hip replacement surgery.

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.

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