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The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security convened a hearing on U.S. border security and President Trump’s proposed border wall. Witnesses included a woman …

History professor Paul Polgar talks about the federal Congress' first national debate on slavery and race held in 1790. Professor Polgar argues that this discussion; which focused on Congres…

The U.N. Security Council met in New York City to receive a briefing from Stephen O’Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General focused on humanitarian affairs, on his latest reports f…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on U.S. military strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. Admiral Harry Harris, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, testified primarily on the e…

Historians talked about what motivated the United States to declare war on Germany in 1917. They also spoke about how U.S. diplomacy was transformed after World War I and the legacy of the w…

The House convened for Morning Hour, when members were permitted to speak on a variety of topics.

The Senate voted to advance Alexander Acosta’s nomination to be secretary of labor in the Trump administration.

President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, and several other women leaders took part in a conference in Berlin on female entre…

Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) talked about his bill on presidential impeachment.

Vice President Pence swore in Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor in the vice president’s ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across the street from the White Ho…

The Senate resumed post-cloture debate on Alexander Acosta’s nomination to be secretary of Labor.

At the daily White House briefing, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the Trump administration would impose a 20 percent tariff on a softwood lumber from Canada. Secretary Ross said di…

U.S. Pacific Command Commander Admiral Harry Harris testified before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. military strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. Most questions were focused on N…

The House voted 382-30 to pass a one-week continuing resolution to fund the federal government through May 5.

The House debated eight bills under suspension of the rules, including an aviation security bill and a bill dealing with famine in South Sudan.

Courtney Simmons Elwood testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on her nomination to be general counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency. She pledged to provide the committee w…

President Trump signed an executive order on offshore energy that directed the interior secretary to review the current five-year plan on the Outer Continental Shelf for offshore oil and gas…

David Waldstreicher and Matthew Mason talked about their book, John Quincy Adams and the Politics of Slavery: Selections from the Diary.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) held a press conference . He criticized President Trump’s tax plan. calling it a “direct assault on the middle class.” Regarding health care, Se…

Mark Toner briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of international topics including recent military threats from North Korea’s leaders and the U.S. imposition of tar…