Defense attorney Maria Jacob said the woman only went to the Capitol “as a cry for help” and didn't intend to harm anybody.

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky was among the few Republicans to voice opposition to the tariffs that would take effect on ...

Washington state Democratic Party chair Shasti Conrad came up short Saturday night in her bid for a leadership post with the ...

House Foreign Affairs chairman Brian Mast said he'd like to see USAID move closer to the State Department in a push for "appropriate command and control." ...

A survivor of the 2018 Parkland high school shooting has become one of the new vice chairs of the Democratic National ...

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, known for the heroic landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, weighed in on the ...

Senator John Curtis prides himself on collaborating with people who disagree with him. But with a Republican trifecta in ...

The framers of the Constitution imagined Congress as the preeminent branch of government. But many Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill seem content to play second fiddle.

The returning president's pace is a more focused, stringent use of executive power that excites supporters while keeping foes off balance ...

For nearly 250 years, the American system of government has been defined by the separation of powers between three coequal branches of government. In the first two weeks of his second term in office, ...

Many economists and business leaders say the effects will be large, especially for a heavily trade-dependent state like Washington.

It wasn’t quite the rally that was intended, but about three dozen people from the Pierce County Republican Party and other ...