How fast Houston's vacant congressional seat gets filled could determine when the U.S. House votes on a bill to force the ...

Why did the a group of eight democratic senators team up with Republicans to strike a deal to reopen the government without ...

The Red Raiders are scoring in bunches and stuffing opponents. Their oil-rich boosters are keeping the coffers full. Is this ...

I really believe in my heart of hearts that we left this in a good spot. We fought hard. We served well. We delivered for West Texas,” Arrington said.

For House interns who arrived in the fall, it’s been a strange semester, to say the least. Congressional offices are feeling it too.

President Donald Trump's nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait is facing rejection by the Republican-controlled Senate.

The compromise legislation passed on Sunday only funds most government operations until the end of January – just long enough to get the nation through the holiday season and a few weeks beyond. After ...

Pelosi, the first woman to hold the speaker’s gavel, has represented San Francisco for nearly 40 years.

A federal judge has ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of former FBI Director James Comey to produce materials from the ...

This story was originally performed at KUT’s ATXplained Live show on April 29. Get tickets for our next show on Oct. 29! One of the Texas Capitol’s most striking features is the Hill Country granite ...

Millions of Americans with Affordable Care Act policies are contending with the looming lapse of the enhanced subsidies. The ...

Senators opposed the president’s plan to import beef from Argentina and voted three times this week to end his power to enforce sweeping tariffs.