U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes says her focus will always be on everyday people, and she's working to expand opportunities for 13th District constituents.

Sen. James Lankford has been trying to pass legislation in response to an industry he believes will leave small towns without many pharmacy options.

The White House’s temporary pause on trillions in federal spending could set up a court fight over executive authority and Congress’s control of the purse.

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That means Congress would not only have to act to give Trump the ability to dissolve agencies in the first place, but it’d also have to approve any proposed Trump plan to eliminate FEMA.

Just a little over a week into his second term, President Donald Trump is taking steps to maximise his power, sparking chaos and what critics contend is a constitutional crisis as he challenges the separation of powers that have defined American government for more than 200 years.

A federal judge this week issued a stay that freezes a freeze that the Trump administration had earlier tried to impose upon federal grants and loans, forcing an embarrassing about-face from Trump’s new regime.

Trump signed the Laken Riley Act Wednesday, the first piece of legislation the president has signed since his inauguration.

Director of Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard declined to say National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is a traitor during her confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee—as at least three Republican senators had not said whether they support her leading into the hearing,

In Democratic Republic of Congo this week, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized Goma, the country's largest eastern city. A force composed of South African troops and Southern African allies that had been tasked with stopping the insurgents has taken heavy losses and is now surrounded and without a clear exit strategy.

Experts say the gunman’s brain tissue points to traumatic injury ‘likely’ caused by blasts in the line of duty; the Army disagrees, but is taking steps to limit exposure.