WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 85, is heading for the exits after nearly four decades in Congress.

In today’s edition … What’s next for Congress in 2026? … Epstein files are due to drop today … but first … We’re going to be taking a little break for ...

The bill includes $1 million for new elevators at New York City's Metropolitan Opera, among other wasteful earmarks.

After a record-long government shutdown that ended in November, Congress faces another funding deadline just two months later. Federal lawmakers are trying to avoid another closure that would lead to ...

Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images More than a tenth of the current Congress has now indicated they will not return to their seats after the 2026 midterms, driven by redistricting, retirements and ...

Congress is wrapping up the year in the shadow of the longest government shutdown and with a growing reputation as the least productive in modern history. "Congress is in a coma. It has a pulse, but ...

Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. Congress has left for the year without reaching a health care deal, leaving ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an ...

American flags fly in front of the U.S. Capitol at sunrise, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP This story is part of CT Mirror Explains, an ongoing effort to ...