Congressman Eric Massa resigned in 2010. — -- The Congressional Office of Compliance secretly paid close to $100,000 in taxpayer funds to settle sexual harassment claims from at least two young ...

The supposedly “nonpartisan” Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which provides Congress with cost estimates for its policy proposals, may not be the neutral arbiter it claims to be, a new report ...

In their latest effort to cut perceived government waste, House Republicans have proposed slashing the Government Accountability Office’s annual budget by nearly 50 percent. It’s the latest political ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., attends a news conference on President Donald Trump's spending and tax bill, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia ...

The Congressional Budget Office is believed to have been hacked by a foreign actor, according to a report in The Washington Post. The Post quoted anonymous sources saying that CBO officials recently ...

U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson is spending federal tax dollars to rent a congressional district office on the South Side from his longtime business partner, powerful city developer Elzie Higginbottom, at ...

The 119th Congress was sworn in Jan. 3, marking several milestones for women of color. In the Senate, two Black women are serving concurrently for the first time. And in the House, two states and one ...

The effects of a shutdown tend to unfold in stages. Every department, agency and congressional office made contingency plans. By Karoun Demirjian Reporting from Washington The government shutdown that ...

The embattled congressman's office will continue to operate after he steps down. — -- Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock's resignation from his position in Congress takes effect today, and as the FBI ...

Every now and then, certain decorating fads sweep through the Capitol’s corridors of power. Like dorm room decor, the flags, posters and signs that members of Congress display outside their offices ...

A social worker for U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., is still “traumatized” after a Department of Homeland Security officer handcuffed and detained her inside the congressman’s lower Manhattan office, ...

A bipartisan group of House members has introduced legislation to regulate how members of Congress trade stocks. The issue of congressional stock trading is raising ethical questions and may become a ...