Author: Candy Woodall, USA TODAY

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Congress’ top two Republicans, differ on Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump.

Senator John Fetterman is still in the hospital for depression, a mental illness that impacts half the country, including its political leaders.

Fentanyl poisoning, an increasingly deadly phase of the opioid crisis, prompts House hearing, as Congress tries to curb overdose deaths.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said for the first time publicly that COVID-19 most likely originated in a Chinese government-controlled lab.

The Treasury will run out of money to pay US bills llike Social Security and military paychecks this summer; there’s no exact day yet, the CBO said.

Republican George Santos, amid calls to step down from Congress, resigned from two House committees a day after meeting with Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

George Santos, a newly elected New York Republican congressman, admitted last week to lying to voters about his life. What can Congress do about it?

There are two main groups of GOP lawmakers who could stand in Kevin McCarthy’s way of becoming the next House speaker when the new Congress is seated.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed the attacker demanded to confront her during the attack. She was not in San Francisco at the time of incident.