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The House majority leader has pushed an agenda aimed at creating "health, happiness and prosperity" for American families. But so far Rep. Eric Cantor has had a mixed record in getting his fellow Republicans to go along with the effort.

A new GOP-controlled Congress is set to be sworn in Friday, and then members will elect a speaker. Mike Johnson got a key endorsement for his reelection bid from President-elect Donald Trump.

A House committee has proposed boosting the budget for the Kennedy Center sixfold. It comes after President Trump said the arts center was in "disrepair."

Affordable housing and a shortage of skilled trades workers are both pressing issues in the U.S. A Colorado city is partnering with a local school district and Habitat for Humanity to teach kids trades by building homes working people can afford.

In Vancouver, the Squamish Nation had a chance to do what many housing advocates dream of, developing a plot of prime urban real estate without zoning constraints. So what did they build? Housing.

Concepcion Picciotto, a protester who held a keep a peace vigil outside the White House for more than three decades, has died. NPR spoke with her in 1985. The Washington Post speculated that she held the longest-running act of political protest in U.S. history.

The administration's announcement comes as several Republican-led states have passed anti-trans legislation in the last few months, which the White House calls "un-American."

Illinois House Republicans in a press conference Monday said Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration has not done enough to address the tsunami of...

After months of scandal and controversy, the House has opened a formal probe to determine whether New York Rep. George Santos broke the law while lying to voters.

President Biden's granddaughter, Naomi Biden, was married on Saturday at the White House. Here's a look at the history of White House weddings.