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Congressional Republicans in Michigan published a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday demanding that his government act to improve forest management after years of negligence, noting that millions of people in the Midwest and Northeast United States will be dealing with toxic wildfire plumes for much of this week.

State Armor founder and CEO Michael Lucci is calling on leaders of three congressional committees to investigate whether China and other foreign interests are attempting to impede the development of infrastructure essential to America’s artificial intelligence capabilities.

President Donald Trump faces some stiff bipartisan opposition in Congress if he intends to proceed with selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, as he suggested when he arrived in Ankara for the NATO summit on Tuesday.

Radical leftist Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) believes Democrats are failing to acknowledge the humanity of black individuals and claimed they are “constantly being ignored,” making a range of assertions about black people and white people during an interview at the Essence Festival of Culture.

Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb, the Democrat nominee for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, denounced the Declaration of Independence, capitalism, billionaires, and what he called “American exceptionalism.”

Congress should start “TODAY” to end birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday following the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated ruling.

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. revealed on the House floor on Tuesday his diagnosis for depression led to extended hospital treatment.

Planned Parenthood’s political arm is launching a $2 million campaign targeting vulnerable House Republicans to protect its federal funding.

By a single vote, the Senate shot down a proposal on Tuesday that would have reined in President Donald Trump’s ability to use military force against Iran without Congress’s approval.

Democrat George Conway is threatening to put President Donald Trump “away for good” if he wins his bid for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 12th Congressional District.

President Donald Trump called for Congress to expel Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on Thursday, accusing the Maryland Democrat of repeatedly targeting him with impeachment efforts.

ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment rights Wednesday during a congressional hearing on allegations the Democrat fundraising platform accepted foreign-linked donations.

Former President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS), led by then-Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, released nearly 90 percent of migrants arriving at the southern border into the United States with parole at the program’s peak, a federal watchdog reveals.

Republican lawmakers are lining up behind President Donald Trump’s administration as it pursues a possible Iran agreement involving nuclear limits, regional security, the Strait of Hormuz, and expanded Abraham Accords participation.

President Donald Trump believes that Democrats’ focus on affordability is more of a means to try to win midterms to begin the impeachment process than it is sincere.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) revealed that she had filed legislation “proposing a constitutional amendment” that would prevent foreign-born United States citizens from serving in Congress or as federal judges.

The Trump White House has a “really good template” for how lawmakers can write the “rules of the road” and create a national policy framework for AI, Build American AI’s executive director Nathan Leamer told Breitbart News during a recent policy event.

Rep. Derrick Van Orden used an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday to praise President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism posture, challenge his Democratic opponent’s claim to be a political outsider, and lay out a path for Republicans to keep the House majority by turning out conservative voters in Wisconsin battleground districts such as his.

Wisconsin Democrat Rebecca Cooke is pitching herself as a political outsider as she seeks a rematch against Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), after losing to him by 2.7 points in 2024, but records show she spent years doing paid political fundraising and consulting work before running for Congress.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) said that it is “well past the time where Congress needs to be more centrally involved in defining the scope and objectives” of the Iran conflict and stated that

A Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, allegedly threatened President Donald Trump and a member of Congress’s family in disturbing voicemails.

President Donald Trump issued a letter to Congress on the Friday deadline to keep in line with the War Powers Resolution, notifying lawmakers that “the threat posed by Iran to the United States and our Armed Forces remains significant,” so the U.S. military will continue to “update its force posture” in the Middle East.

In what has not been a particularly good look for Congress in recent weeks, the House Ethics Committee has launched another probe, this one regarding allegations of sexual harassment by Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC), news outlets are reporting from unnamed sources.

Prolific Trump hater Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is extremely disturbed that people “disrespect” her, pointing to her self-proclaimed status as one of the most “powerful people in the country” with her position as a congresswoman.

King Charles III of the United Kingdom delivers an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, April 28.

Embattled former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) resigned from office this week but is still registered to run for reelection, the news coming after she was accused of stealing $5 million in FEMA disaster relief funds.

Prediction market platform Kalshi announced Wednesday that it has suspended three congressional candidates and imposed financial penalties after they were caught trading on their own election campaigns in violation of the platform’s rules.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio used Earth Day to mobilize his social media following, encouraging direct outreach to lawmakers ahead of a House vote tied to proposed changes to longstanding environmental protections.

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) confirmed that he would be filing to retire from Congress after he admitted to having an affair with a former aide who committed suicide last year.

WASHINGTON—First lady Melania Trump on Thursday condemned “lies” linking her to the disgraced late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

The FBI reportedly classified a China-linked effort to penetrate one of its surveillance systems this week as a “major cyber incident,” meaning it was a significant risk to U.S. national security.

President Donald Trump is calling on Congress to deliver a reconciliation bill that includes funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to his desk by June 1.

Delta Air Lines has suspended its flight assistance service designated specifically for members of Congress as airports face growing security lines amid the Democrat-induced partial government shutdown.