The U.S. Congress is a complex and subtle organization, but sometimes its changing character and mood can be understood through a single individual. The First Congress, determined to keep alive a ...

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden was "abruptly fired" Thursday by President Trump. Hayden was the first woman and the first ...

Trump has largely bypassed the Republican-led Congress to pursue his agenda at the outset of the new administration, a break ...

Trump has taken about 140 executive actions in his first 100 days in office — a ... Consider in the same period of time, Congress has enacted just five laws, a low watermark in modern ...