President Barack Obama wants to transfer the remaining 91 prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay jail to the United States in a bid to end the highly-controversial existence of the detention facility.
A Republican-backed proposal to tighten screening procedures on refugees fleeing war from Syria and Iraq was blocked by Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama is set to deliver his final State of the Union address on Tuesday night, and experts believe he will use the opportunity to try to define his legacy and set the tone for the next president.
Fans of "The Daily Show" have missed former host Jon Stewart since he handed over the show. Although many still enjoy new host Trevor Noah, fans were excited to see Stewart mount a comeback last night. Watch the videos here.
Trevor Noah recently reflected upon how much he has had to speak about mass shootings in America In just the first two months of his term at the helm of "The Daily Show." See what he had to say about the issue and Sen. Mitch McConnell here.
Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric, often perceived as anti-Mexican within the Latino community, has not gone unnoticed on Capitol Hill, where prominent Latino GOP leaders are working to put roadblocks onto his path toward their party's nomination.
The U.S. Senate passed a two-year budget deal early Friday morning that raises funding levels and suspends the nation's debt limit until March 2017. The approval of the bipartisan bill also prevents a U.S. default next week and a potential government shutdown in December.
Bill Flores, a three-term congressman from central Texas, on Monday announced that he was hoping to replace outgoing House Speaker John Boehner - which would make the 61-year-old second in the U.S. presidential line of succession.
Just hours before the midnight deadline, Congress averted a government shutdown Wednesday night by approving a temporary spending bill that will keep federal agencies open through Dec. 11.
The chairman of a congressional committee investigating the 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, said that "huge gaps" exist in the e-mails Hillary Clinton has turned over to the panel. Trey Gowdy, who heads the House select committee on Benghazi, said that no messages from her trip to North Africa were released.
Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will not run for a sixth term in the U.S. Senate in 2016, her office announced on Monday. The 78-year-old Democrat said her decision came down to how the demands of another campaign would have affected her ability to work on behalf of her constituents.
The saga over the looming partial government shutdown continued on Friday after Congress passed a stopgap bill that will keep the Homeland Security Department running for another 7 days.
The Illinois congressman faces accusations of monetary mismanagement after a report showed he spent donor and taxpayer money to pay for private jets and concert tickets.
The collapse of the American-backed government in Yemen took the U.S. intelligence community by surprise, the Obama administration's senior counterterrorism official admitted on Thursday as he testified before Congress.
Israeli critics for weeks have hammered Benjamin Netanyahu for his planned, protocol-breaking speech before the U.S. Congress. But Americans are equally unhappy with President Barack Obama's decision not to meet with the prime minister, a YouGov poll revealed.
Benjamin Netanyahu has no plans to cancel a planned March 3 speech before a joint session of Congress, which has ruffled feathers in the United States weeks before the Israeli prime minister's arrival.
President Barack Obama seemed to take a cue from psychological pricing on Monday when he sent Congress a $3.99 trillion budget that is unlikely to pass the Republican-controlled branch. The proposal calls for new tax credits for education, child care, paid leave and infrastructure. It would also result in tax hikes resulting from the closure of loopholes.
