The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...

The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...

Republican legislators and the Trump Administration have launched a multi-pronged effort to cut back national monuments in ...

The inspectors general for at least 17 agencies were terminated in late January, with one such official receiving a letter ...

“I’ve been chosen as one of two delegates from Rhode Island to serve in this year’s 63rd Annual United States Senate Youth Program ... The two are headed to Washington for the program ...

A 2024 law changed the process for filling vacated U.S. Senate seats in Kentucky. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell's fall down the Senate stairs in Washington ... in the United States Senate ...

Since the end of World War II, the United States has remained a global power through foreign policy defined by what retired ...

Jason Andrew for The New York Times Arriving just before midnight after her comedic speaking slot at the Washington Press ... on the floor of the United States Senate.” By 5 a.m., 20 Democratic ...

The topic of the January 29 NYU Law Forum, held just nine days into the Trump administration, couldn’t have been timelier: the extent of the power of the US president to hire and fire government ...

One White House official called legal roadblocks an "occupational hazard," while a number of legal experts worry the country ...

Legal expert Richard W. Painter warns that Elon Musk’s unchecked power in the Trump administration poses a historic threat to democracy. As Musk exerts influence over government agencies without Senat ...

President Donald Trump's proposal for the United States to "take over" the Gaza Strip, displace the nearly 2 million ...