Millions of Americans face sharply rising costs for health care plans they bought through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, unless Congress acts soon. Here's what's at stake for them.

Trump's push comes in the wake of the government shutdown that Democrats implemented for the ostensible purpose of restoring funding to healthcare programs.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that Congress would have to authorize the $2,000 checks President Trump proposes to send to most Americans. With the White House focusing on questions of affordability following Republican losses on Election Day earlier this month,

Epstein survivor: "It shouldn't take an act of Congress" to get justice for victims Jess Michaels joins The Lead.

Long the most critical branch of the federal government, Congress has ceded much of its own institutional power. Here's how it happened.

Democrats stood by their call for troops to disobey unlawful orders after Trump suggested they could be executed for "seditious behavior."

An Illinois congresswoman says the public is right to be alarmed about elected officials enriching themselves through insider trading.

The Stock Act of 2012 prohibits members of Congress from trading on insider information. But its critics say the law is largely toothless. It requires members to disclose their and their families’ trades within 45 days, but lawmakers who have been investigated have largely been let off because its standards for insider trading are extremely high.