On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the Globe’s Steph Machado and Jim Hummel, host of “A Lively Experiment” on RI PBS, talk ...

Now are the days of wine and roses. On January 21, Trump becomes a lame duck facing brutal political challenges.

The body of former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol this week before a state funeral at the ...

Republicans are stepping on the gas and renewing bills Democrats ignored in the last Congress, the first of which being the Laken Riley Act.

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) appears ready to bury the campaign trail hatchet he wielded against GOP Sen. Dave McCormick, saying he met with his new counterpart over dinner, and had a “great ...

Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings Monday that unfolded ...

Lawmakers certified President-elect Donald Trump’s win Monday, January 6, 2025 in a smooth process that four years ago was ...

Vice President Kamala Harris says Jan. 6, 2025, was a “good day” for democracy as she oversaw the peaceful certification of ...

A new Senate report reveals airlines are generating billions of dollars on extra services like seat and baggage fees.

WASHINGTON — Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that unfolded ...

Exactly four years after riots at the Capitol delayed the certification of lawful election results, the process moved along smoothly this year.