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.

Senate Republicans and some Democrats will check the power of the Washington D.C. city council in a vote Wednesday to block new criminal code reform.

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

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

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

Sen. John Fetterman, who is still recovering from a May stroke, is hospitalized at Walter Reed to treat clinical depression, according to his office.

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.

The Pennsylvania Democrat was hospitalized after feeling lightheaded Wednesday. His office said initial tests showed no signs of a new stroke.

Sen. Mitt Romney told Rep. George Santos he doesn’t belong in Congress before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

GOP Speaker Kevin McCarthy has shifted from defending Republican George Santos to saying he has “new questions” about the freshman House lawmaker.