The House is making a push to formally conference government funding legislation for fiscal 2026 with the Senate, breaking with recent norms as Congress stares down a Sept. 30 deadline to prevent a government shutdown.

Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has the final say on a congressional redistricting map that would split an existing House district seat held by a Democrat.

The Democratic leaders of Maryland’s House and Senate both received bomb threats Thursday. “Earlier today, I received a bomb threat at my home in Baltimore County. Law enforcement responded quickly and determined that it was a non-credible bomb threat,

Both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate have continued to increase the attention paid to artificial intelligence (AI) issues for the defense sector, most notably by including a number of provisions in the text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 2026),

An appeals court panel heard arguments Tuesday on whether the state House Republican majority can sit on bills adopted by the Legislature in the last session instead of sending them to the governor.

The state of Michigan faces a partial government shutdown if Democrats and Republicans can't agree on a budget for 2026 by Oct. 1.

Republican power brokers are pressuring Daniel Cameron to abandon his uphill Senate bid and take on Rep. Thomas Massie, who is a thorn in the president’s side.

Santa Fe Prep evacuated students Thursday in response to the threat, which comes amid heightened concerns over political violence.

Nine months after the start of session, the Michigan Legislature continued a fight over the fate of nine bills that weren't presented to the governor.

Lawmakers will be back in Tallahassee next month to convene committee hearings. Among those committees will be the new House Select committee on Congressional Redistricting. Rep. Mike Redondo, first elected in 2023 to represent part of Miami-Dade County,