The U.S. has roughly one month until the government runs out of money, and the talks to avoid that are a mess, writes Philip ...

A local icon. A symbol of San Francisco politics. A Speaker emerita. A matriarch. A badass. So when retired Chronicle librarian Bill Van Niekerken found 1972 photos of the former Speaker of the House ...

Several dozen union members and VA employees rallied outside the department headquarters amid fears of staff cuts and funding ...

Mississippi House leaders say a bill that would have allowed some parents to use taxpayer money to pay for private school ...

State Rep. Lehman Franklin and his wife are expecting their first child via IVF this summer. His bill would establish the procedure as a legal right.

The White House says court rulings going against President Donald Trump's administration are coming from “judicial activists” on the bench whose decisions amount to a “constitutional crisis.” ...

The Mississippi State Senate has introduced a tax cut plan that contrasts with the House's proposal, focusing on a gradual income tax reduction and a gas tax increase.

One by one, in public statements and private conversations, Republican lawmakers are beginning to speak up to protect ...

House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump's top ...

House Speaker Jason White said an effort to expand school choice in Mississippi did not have the needed consensus to pass among the House GOP.

Trump’s new point man on Capitol Hill, James Braid, built his career fighting on behalf of the House Freedom Caucus. Now, the ...

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) took to the House floor this week to chide his Republican colleagues with a "size matters" argument, refuting the oft-repeated narrative that the GOP has been given a mandate ...