GOP leaders tried to block a bipartisan measure to allow proxy voting, but nine Republicans joined with Democrats to overcome ...

In D.C., New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has been giving a speech on the Senate floor since 7pm on Monday night, only yielding ...

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid ...