Melanie Zanona

Top Republicans and Democrats trying to end the monthlong Department of Homeland Security shutdown huddled with White House border czar Tom Homan in the Capitol on Thursday.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, faced fellow senators on Wednesday at a confirmation hearing.

Sen. Mike Lee has an online army pressuring Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, a sweeping election bill, that President Donald Trump declared his top priority.

Republicans in Congress shared anti-Muslim posts in the wake of the Iran war and recent violent attacks in the U.S.

The Senate passed a bill Thursday aimed at boosting the supply of housing and bringing down prices, marking a rare bipartisan breakthrough on a major issue.

Trump was already frustrated with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Her performance at two congressional hearings this week is what cost her the job, sources say.

President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, making her the first Cabinet secretary to leave her post and capping off a tumultuous year in which she oversaw his increasingly unpopular mass deportation agenda

House Republican leadership is calling on Rep.

The House voted to kill an effort by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace to release sexual misconduct and harassment reports against members of Congress and their staff.

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace to force a vote to release sexual misconduct reports involving Congress after Rep. Tony Gonzales sent sexual texts to an aide.

The Senate unanimously passed the ROTOR Act in December. But the Pentagon came out against the bill Monday, saying it could disrupt "national defense activities."