Congress ground to a halt due to uprisings in both chambers. Sen. Cory Booker gave a record-breaking speech, and a fight in the House over remote voting for new parents brought work to a standstill.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks about results of special elections in Wisconsin and Florida with J. Miles Coleman, an elections analyst at the University of Virginia who has been tracking the races closely.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., about the impact of the new round of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

After November, many suggested Republicans had entered an era of electoral dominance. Now, it’s Democrats who are celebrating ...

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who left the House Freedom Caucus over its opposition to her push for remote voting for new parents, accused some members of the conservative group of holding Speaker ...

What's there to be nervous about? Donald Trump and his Republican allies have largely had their way since returning to power, but there are reported jitters as Democrats are hoping to find a chink ...

Trump and Elon Musk have publicly pushed GOP lawmakers to impeach federal judges impeding the administration – a call that a number of far-right GOP lawmakers have seized on, introducing ...

But they shouldn't just focus on their own distress. They must also reject the bias, xenophobia, bigotry, and race-baiting at ...

STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: We've been visiting the source of your stuff - things like hairpins, pots and pans, toys. A lot of it comes to America through a Chinese trading city called Yiwu.

Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the ...