As of Feb. 2, 2026, there are three active vacancies in the 119th Congress, which spans from Jan. 3, 2025, to Jan. 3, 2027. Due to the active vacancies, Republicans have a 53-47 majority in the U.S.

Foreign aid spending is back in the U.S. government's budget, after a year in which the Trump administration cut billions of dollars to global health and humanitarian assistance. On Tuesday evening, ...

In his own words: Evan Turnage, candidate for Congress ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 or on Ken Burns' website For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and ...

With the four-year anniversary of the conflict approaching, Shaheen said it was important to show support for Ukraine.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has filed paperwork to run for the United States Senate in 2026. Cooper announced his candidacy in a post to X on Wednesday, Dec. 3. “I ...

John Thune can move Lindsey Graham’s secondary sanctions bill and send a message to the White House and the Kremlin. If they can ignore the parliamentarian on electric vehicles, why not on their tax ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 7 The Washington Post says “The Swamp” is the winner of Trump's tariff war For decades, politicians have sold tariffs as a ...

Public companies wouldn’t be required to ask small private suppliers to report on their carbon footprints, the SEC chairman said, responding to concerns about compliance costs. The legislation ...