Congress

President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out.

The House has passed legislation requiring more oversight of youth residential treatment facilities.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments next month over the constitutionality of the federal law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell it.

The House Ethics Committee has voted to publicly release its findings following a multi-year investigation into alleged sexual misconduct and illicit drug use by former congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Florida.

The committee’s yearslong investigation included looking into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use against Gaetz.

The stopgap measure will prevent a partial government shutdown set to begin after midnight Friday.

People who receive income from public pensions may have their Social Security benefits reduced. The Senate may soon vote to eliminate those rules.

Reps. Abigail Spanberger and Jennifer Wexton are hoping the electoral change they were part of in the 2018 midterms continues.

The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer began the process on Thursday for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act.

Key House and Senate lawmakers are demanding top federal law enforcement officials immediately brief them about mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and New York, as the White House downplayed any potential threats to national security or the public.

IRS leadership on Thursday announced that the agency has recovered $4.7 billion in back taxes and proceeds from a variety of crimes.

The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorizes a 1% increase in defense spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military.

Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is recovering from minor injuries after falling following Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch on Tuesday, his office said.

The field of candidates has been set for two special elections in Florida to replace members of Congress nominated for positions in President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration. Two dozen candidates have filed to run for the seats of outgoing Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, though Trump has already weighed in on his preferred successors. Trump’s reliance on Florida...

The entrepreneurs are heading up Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to cut down the federal budget.

House lawmakers are expected to vote Thursday whether to compel the Ethics Committee to release its report on an exhaustive, yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.

Republicans will now have a narrow majority in the House next year, with Democrat Adam Gray flipping California’s 13th District.

Congressional Republicans led a similar effort two weeks ago against Delaware’s Sarah McBride, the first transgender person elected to Congress.

No evidence of a bomb was found by police on their properties.

Fifty senators are needed to confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for top administration jobs. Here’s who could surprise with a vote against — or for — his nominees.