Lawmakers are celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week 2025 by paying tribute to the educators who helped them ascend to Congress.

Bipartisan pair of senators applaud DOJ investigation into egg producers over rising prices and want the department to look even further into the issue.

The future isn't sure in the Senate, where Republicans will need Democrat votes.

The bill passed with a 211 to 206 vote with Rep. Don Bacon being the only Republican to vote against the measure. ABC News’ Jay O’Brien reports.

ABC News’ Jay O’Brien reports on the GENIUS Act, a bill that would create a regulatory framework for a type of cryptocurrency known as stablecoins.

As Republican leaders draft President Donald Trump’s big bill of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, dozens of more moderate Republicans from contested congressional districts have positioned themselves at the center of the ...

ABC News’ Steve Osunsami reports from Oklahoma, where the nation’s first-ever religious charter school might upend America’s long-standing separation between church and state.

Republicans have begun releasing legislative text to codify their lofty ambitions to cut at least $2 trillion from federal spending over the next decade.

GOP hopes to reshape spending to align with the president’s domestic agenda.

Rep. Gerry Connolly, ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, will “soon” step down from his role and won’t run for reelection because his cancer has returned.

Rep. Gerry Connolly, ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, will “soon” step down from his role and won’t run for reelection because his cancer has returned.

As the Democratic Party takes stock of the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, a slate of political newcomers are challenging longtime incumbents.

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley faced another room of hearted constituents at a town hall in Northwood, Iowa, on Wednesday.

Longtime Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026 and will retire after serving for over four decades in Congress.

Longtime Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026 and will retire after serving for over four decades in Congress.

On "This Week," Hakeem Jeffries accused GOP leaders for ignoring the rising cost of living for many Americans.

First to ABC: House Dems urge JD Vance to preserve Smithsonian independence.

A source close to Abrego Garcia’s family told ABC News that the meeting in the capital was set up by El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, as both he and the Trump administration say Abrego Garcia won’t return to the U.S.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks to civic club in Kentucky as GOP lawmakers continue to face hostile crowds at town halls with questions about Trump’s policies.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has flown to El Salvador to seek answers over the contested deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants the arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence to be investigated as a possible antisemitic hate crime.

ABC News' Averi Harper weighs in on how Republicans are responding to growing contentious town halls.

Leaders We Deserve, a group led by David Hogg, announced it will spend $20 million to help younger candidates and primary challengers to House Democrats

A protester was tased, another dragged out of Georgia GOP congresswoman's event.

On Thursday, a Senate committee tackled the daylight saving debate, with bipartisan support for ending the twice-a-year clock change.

The House on Thursday passed a budget blueprint to fund Trump's agenda after a setback on Wednesday due to GOP hard-liner opposition.

ABC News’ Jay O’Brien reports on the vote to approve the GOP budget blueprint by a vote of 216-214, delivering a major victory for President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.

ABC News’ Jay O’Brien reports from Capitol Hill on the Senate-approved GOP budget blueprint that would fund President Donald Trump's agenda.

House Speaker said the House won't vote as planned on the budget blueprint that would fund Trump's agenda because a small "subset" of members aren't satisfied with it.

Speaker Mike Johnson met Tuesday at the White House with President Donald Trump and House Republicans holding out against voting for the Senate-approved budget bill to fund Trump's agenda.

Speaker Johnson is meeting at the White House with President Trump and House Republican holdouts on the budget bill to fund Trump's agenda.

Speaker Mike Johnson and Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna say they have cut a deal to end the fight over proxy voting for new parents.

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos interviews Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., on “This Week.”

After about six hours of amendment votes, the Senate approved a budget blueprint Saturday morning by a vote of 51-48.

ABC News' Jay O'Brien and Jonathan Gold, the National Retail Federation vice president of supply chain and customs policy, deliver the latest from Washington as the fallout from tariffs takes effect.

Former Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., said ending the Department of Education was an attempt to privatize public schools in the U.S.

As world markets slumped in reaction to President Trump’s tariffs, Democratic and Republican senators' bill would require Congress to approve new tariffs.

With the House at a standstill, Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to fold on his strong opposition to allowing new parents in Congress to vote remotely.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon interrupted a press conference by House Democrats to give an impromptu statement after they met in a closed-door meeting.

GOP senator defends telling man who said he was fired from HHS he 'probably deserved' it.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon interrupted a press conference by House Democrats to give an impromptu statement after they met in a closed-door meeting.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on the Senate to keep the United States' tariffs on Canada in place.

Cory Booker broke a record with his 25-hour Senate floor speech. How did he prepare to do it?

Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen said the decision to bring her 9-week-old was "difficult" but illustrated the need to pass the petition.

The House voted to reject a rule that would have blocked Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's bipartisan discharge petition to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents.

Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., held her 9-week-old son Sam while speaking in support of a resolution that would allow new parents to vote by proxy.

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke a record Tuesday evening, speaking for more than 24 hours protesting the national "crisis" he said President Donald Trump and Elon Musk had created.

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke a record Tuesday evening, speaking for more than 24 hours in a marathon speech.

The House voted to reject a rule that would have blocked Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's bipartisan discharge petition to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents.

House GOP leaders are expected to block Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's petition to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents up to 12 weeks after giving birth.