Author: Ledyard King, USA TODAY

The SAFE rule requires cars and light trucks to average roughly 40 miles per gallon by 2025, down from about 50 miles per gallon under the Obama rule,

Specific rules for the trial have yet to be released by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.A key question is whether and which witnesses will be called.

Democrats need four seats to retake the Senate. It’s possible, depending on who the presidential nominee is and how impeachment plays out.

Mitch McConnell said the Senate would have “no choice” but to hold a trial on Donald Trump if the House puts forth articles of impeachment.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed grief over mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton but there’s no sign he’ll call a special session on guns.

President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed sympathy after a shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart Saturday that left many dead.

During an Oval Office photo op to commemorate Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, President Trump dug at NASA chief Jim Bridenstine.

Nearly two years after Hurricanes battered Puerto Rico, the pace of recovery remains slow. Exploding crises on the island may delay efforts further.

President Trump’s push to expand fossil fuels is spurring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders to ask Congress for a climate emergency declaration.

The male-dominated culture of the early space program is giving way to a more gender-balanced one thanks in part to NASA’s diverse astronaut pool.