Congress

The Biden administration’s DOJ has come under scrutiny for using the FACE Act to target pro-life activists, accounting for nearly a quarter of all cases since the law’s inception in 1994.

Pete Hegseth is “the kind of guy we need leading the Department of Defense,” Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, contrasting him with President Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, “who thinks the biggest threat to national security is climate change.”

There are “bed-wetters” who are resistant to spending cuts in Congress, Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, outlining some of the challenges for the incoming Congress.

Transgender activists broadcast their takeover of two women’s bathrooms on Capitol Hill on December 5.

California’s race for the 45th Congressional District remains close as Democrat candidate Derek Tran leads Republican incumbent Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) by just over 300 votes.

Nick Begich III, the grandson of late Alaska congressman Nick Begich Sr., has flipped the state’s at-large congressional seat to Republican after defeating Democrat incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola.

The race for control of the House of Representatives remained close as of 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday evening, with several key congressional races still too close to call, while polls remained open on the West Coast, Hawaii, and Alaska.

Republicans introduced a bill on Tuesday to prevent American support for, or taxpayers’ dollars from funding, the censorship of free speech abroad.

Eight out of ten key measures in the 2024 presidential election cycle favor Republicans, Gallup polling found Monday.

Nolte: During a friendly interview, sitting Vice President Kamala Harris proved she has no idea how a bill becomes a law.

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced a bill on Thursday that would require the Department of the Treasury to use America’s representatives at international institutions to pressure those entities not to fund slavery around the world, especially Chinese government’s genocidal Uyghur slavery practices.

Democrat vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz’s political journey is rooted in his involvement with a progressive training camp inspired by the radical vision of Paul Wellstone, a professor-turned-politician with close ties to the Democratic Socialists of America and strong influences from Marxist figures and extreme far-left ideologies.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) dinged the Biden-Harris administration on Tuesday for not apologizing to the families of the servicemembers killed in Afghanistan during the botched withdrawal three years ago.

Elon Musk revealed that he is a guest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s and plans to attend his speech before Congress.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the United States Congress on Wednesday, July 24.

Vermont senator and self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders vowed he would not attend “war criminal” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming congressional address as he slammed the Israeli leader and his “his right-wing, extremist government,” while comparing him to Hamas terrorist head Yahya Sinwar.

Vice President Kamala Harris has reportedly declined to preside over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has died at the age of 74 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, her family announced Friday night.

The House Judiciary Committee is planning to decide later this week whether to hold Mark Zwonitzer, President Joe Biden’s ghostwriter, in contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping met with Communist officials in Tibet after a bipartisan U.S. congressional group met the Dalai Lama.

North Dakota voters have approved a measure to become the first state to set a maximum age for federal representatives.

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Friday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “absolutely” should not have been invited to address Congress.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint session of Congress on July 24 at the behest of U.S. congressional leaders.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied reports claiming he will speak before a joint meeting of Congress on June 13.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that the “MAGA extremists” on the Supreme Court must be controlled with a “legislative effort to implement an ethical code of conduct.”

The top U.S. House committee charged with tax law and oversight has launched a formal investigation into the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its affiliated foundation, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. 

Experts, including one of the world’s top researchers on the Uyghur genocide and a senior official in the Department of Labor, told Congress this week that legitimate audits to inspect for slave conditions and other forced labor in China, especially in the occupied Uyghur region, are “impossible.”

Experts, including two former diplomats representing America at the United Nations, warned Congress in a hearing on Wednesday that China is amassing power within the U.N. structure to “blunt criticism, shut out and stigmatize Taiwan, plug its Belt and Road Initiative, and dilute norms that might be used to hold it accountable.”

A previously deported illegal alien is now accused of murdering 25-year-old Ruby Garcia in Kent County, Michigan.

“Winning elections is key” to stopping bad bills in the House and Senate, Rep. Beth Van Duyne said during an interview on Breitbart News Daily.

The $1.2 trillion budget bill “continues the Biden policies that are destroying our border,” Texas Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

Maryland Democrat Senate frontrunner Rep. David Trone has apologized for using a racial slur during a House meeting, claiming he simply misspoke.

Congress will vote Friday on a $1.2 trillion, 1,000-plus page spending bill revealed Thursday just before 3:00 a.m.

Research showing politicians made trades worth more than $1 billion in 2023 has bolstered a campaign to ban congressional leaders from stock trading, a practice that has long been criticized.