Md., was ridiculed for his defense of colleague Stacey Plaskett, who Republicans sought to censure Tuesday for texting Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 hearing about Donald Trump.

The House of Representatives was sent home for the duration of the government shutdown. Members returned to the Capitol Wednesday with a lot on their minds.

The U.S. government shutdown, the longest in history, nears an end as Congress moves toward a bipartisan funding compromise.

Immediately after being sworn in, Grijalva signed the discharge petition to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the 218th and decisive signature to force a floor vote. She was joined by Epstein survivors Liz Stein and Jessica Michaels in the house gallery.

National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, provided this statement as the Protect America’s Workforce Act discharge petition reached an important milestone, with 218 congressional signatures in the U.

An open hearing to examine President Donald Trump’s recent redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern will be heard by the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa on Thurs 20,

Note: The above video shows the top local headlines for the morning of November 13, 2025. LUBBOCK, Texas— Longtime conservative and Lubbock businessman Tom Sell officially announced on Thursday his candidacy in the United States House of Representatives,

The public furor around unreleased files related to disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein continues to rage on. Earlier this week, new documents were released allegedly depicting facets of US President Donald Trump ’s relationship with Epstein — including an allegation that documented,