U.S. Congress

Democratic candidates are trying to accomplish the improbable by flipping a pair of Trump-friendly congressional seats and carving into Republicans’ narrow 218 to 213 majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early voting is underway in a special election for the former congressional seat of Republican Mike Waltz, who is now national security adviser.

Congress has tried – and failed – to make daylight saving time the permanent standard on clocks across the country.

The Havana-born Republican was an advocate for immigrants and staunch critic of Fidel Castro’s regime and key to turning the Cuban embargo into law.

Mills denies any wrongdoing. An unnamed law enforcement official says the case was sent back to D.C. police and might not result in charges.

Reliable sinkhole data isn’t readily available to the public. For the fifth time, a Florida congressman is trying to pass a law to change that.

Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won their primaries in the special elections to replace former Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, notching wins in reliably conservative districts.

Republicans are eager to find replacements for former Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz to add breathing room to their slender majority in the House. Winners advance to a general election on April 1.

Some Trump insiders are ready to take on the food industry. It remains to be seen whether their entree will result in any meaningful change in government oversight of “Big Food” — or in American health.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio focused much of his confirmation hearing for secretary of state warning that without a swift and substantive policy shifts, China will remain the “biggest threat” to American prosperity in the 21st century.

During Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing, Democrats pressed her on whether she could maintain the DOJ's independence from the White House while Republicans welcomed her as a course correction for a department that unfairly pursued Donald Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress plan to shrink the $900 billion-a-year government health insurance program, which covers 1 in 5 Americans.