With 16 Senate confirmations so far, the pace of Trump's second term eclipses that during the same period in his first term, when there were only seven and just 11 for Biden.

As Democrats ponder how best to position themselves for a looming spending confrontation, they are finding novel ways to put ...

"I think that's right that the taxpayers of Texas should not bear the burden of what should be and is a national responsibility," Cruz said.

Can Robert R. Kennedy Jr. make American healthy again? South Dakota's U.S. Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds believe so. RFK ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik was Trump's first Cabinet nominee as ambassador to the United Nations, but she's not up for a vote yet in ...

President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency is accomplishing in weeks what conservatives have been talking about ...

A proposed resolution would call for South Dakota's congressional delegation and the Trump administration to work to bring an Amtrak line through Sioux Falls and Rapid City.

The U.S. has roughly one month until the government runs out of money, and the talks to avoid that are a mess, writes Philip ...

WASHINGTON >> As congressional Republicans try to extend President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, some are considering an unusual plan to make them permanent while avoiding the political pain of ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson's decision to cater to the desires to the far-right wing members of his caucus is creating a whole ...

Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, whose Sixth Congressional District includes St. Cloud, posted to his X account ...