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The House of Representatives was sent home for the duration of the government shutdown. Members returned to the Capitol Wednesday with a lot on their minds.
Congressional midterms will be held on Nov. 3, 2026, when all 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 seats in the Senate will be up for
The House of Representatives will return to Washington and try to help end the longest federal government shutdown in American history.
Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as the powerful speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday that she will not run for reelection to Congress in 2026, ending the four-decade career of a progressive Democratic icon often vilified by the right.
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ranted about President Donald Trump during an interview with CNN’s Elex Michaelson on Monday night, calling him a “vile creature” and “the worst thing on the face of the Earth.
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan As Trump exerts maximum pressure to block the release of the Epstein files, Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva’s voice and vote is needed in Congress, now.
The daughter of a politician, she didn’t expect to become one. But once she ran for office in 1987, there was no stopping her.