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Commentator Mickey Edwards says it used to be that the House had the hard-liners and the Senate Republicans were more moderate...but with the takeover of Trent Lott as Senate majority leader, Don Nickles as number two in the Senate, and Larry Craig as the new chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, we are seeing a Senate that looks more like Newt Gingrich's House...and one that will take a strong stand in setting policy no matter who is President.

U.S. troops continue house-to-house searches for remnants of the Saddam Hussein regime or other Iraqis who may be planning attacks on U.S.-led forces. Operation Ivy Serpent is the fourth such sweep. NPR's Guy Raz, embedded with U.S. soldiers, reports from Tikrit.

Democrats must untangle a potential government shutdown Thursday, a potential federal default, a vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a related vote on as much as $3.5 trillion in spending.

More than 5 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia invaded. Tens of thousands are in Estonia, where people remember what it was like to be occupied by the former Soviet Union.

Let’s admit it: Summer 2020 has been awful. (Thanks, COVID-19.) But some in Bloomington-Normal have managed to find bright spots in an otherwise dark…

The Jan. 6 panel's Chairman Bennie Thompson said they will issue the referrals, but stopped short of sharing any names with reporters

Democrats are targeting seats with first-term GOP incumbents in states where access to abortion rights could resonate with swing voters.

Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the Justice Department decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton on her handling of classified information.

The House of Representatives approves an $82 billion supplemental spending bill that also seeks to impose new restrictions on state-issued driver's licenses. The package is a compromise worked out with the Senate, which is expected to add its approval next week.

Rent control is returning to some communities. But evidence suggests there are better ways to keep low-income people housed.