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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…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

David Lauter and others talked about the first 100 days of President Trump’s presidency and the voters who put the businessman in the White House. Much of the discussion focused on polling c…

At her weekly news conference, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) criticized President Trump’s performance as he neared his first 100 days in office in areas such as health care, infr…

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and National Economic Director Gary Cohn briefed reporters at the White House on the Trump administration’s tax proposal. The plan calls for big tax cuts and…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced a unanimous consent agreement to deem the one week extension of 2017 federal spending passed when it arrives from the House. However,…

House Republican leaders spoke to reporters. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said the White House tax code proposal being released that day were a “good thing,” and that the White House and Republi…

After meeting with rural farmers in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with reporters and answered questions on U.S.-Canada trade relations and his rece…