WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is muscling Pete Hegseth's nomination as defense secretary toward confirmation Friday, ...

The White House meeting was billed as a strategy session, with the House and Senate at odds over how to pass President Donald Trump's agenda.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said “Biden opened the door on this” when asked Tuesday about President Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 protesters, including those convicted of ...

Senate GOP leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is primed to hand President Trump a quick string of wins on his first days in office.

Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize ...

In today’s edition … Top Dem on Oversight Committee calls for Trump conflict of interest investigation ... DNC chair candidates’ endorsement race heats up.

Trump said it “feels great” to be back inside the U.S. Capitol for the first time since ... He first met privately with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and is also expected to ...

The grumbling among Hill Republicans about yesterday’s Rotunda ... NOW READ THIS: POLITICO’s global editor-in-chief John Harris gives his verdict on Trump 2.0 in an essential new “Altitude ...

Capitol Hill police chase ends in gunfire; suspect confirmed dead UPDATE 6:15 p.m. EDT: D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said in a press conference earlier Thursday that the suspect in the Capitol ...

Arguably the most magnificent building in Washington, the U.S. Capitol is where visitors go ... the James Madison Memorial Building and the John Adams Building are mainly used for scholarly ...