Congress has struggled to pass major legislation this year, putting off debates on spending, defense, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.

To help get a sweeping cryptocurrency bill across the line, President Donald Trump has agreed to new ethics provisions.

The political landscape in the U.S. is volatile as the final midterm of President Donald Trump's presidency approaches.

Mississippi does not top the list of hotly contested U.S. Senate races this fall.

Scott Colom is a Black man and a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, a state traditionally led by white conservatives.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore seeks the Democratic nomination for a second term in Tuesday’s primary for federal, state and local offices.

Maryland officials have announced a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration for blocking the construction of a new FBI headquarters in the state just outside the nation's capital.

The Senate has passed legislation that would regulate a form of cryptocurrency known as stablecoins.

Senate Democrats were shaken to the core after seeing videos of officers aggressively pushing California Sen. Alex Padilla out of a news conference with the Homeland Security secretary and eventually restraining him on the floor outside the room.

President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.”.

The Senate has passed a resolution that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada.

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary says he needs to see data showing vaccines are safe, but he dismissed the evidence shown by an influential Republican senator.

Republican Mike Johnson has narrowly won reelection to the House speakership on a dramatic first-ballot vote, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff.

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California has always stood apart.

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks racked up a big lead with Maryland’s large early vote share and kept it close with Republican Larry Hogan among Election Day voters, at the time The Associated Press called the race.

For the first time ever, two Black women have been elected to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Senate.

The races for control of Congress are at a stalemate.

Republican and Democratic voters in Maryland largely agree on one thing: the state's U.S. Senate race between Republican Larry Hogan and Democrat Angela Alsobrooks has unusually high stakes this year.

President Joe Biden’s 50 years in elected office are nearing their end.

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks is highlighting former Gov. Larry Hogan’s actions in office as evidence he isn’t as supportive of abortion rights as he now claims to be.

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks is prioritizing abortion rights in a key U.S. Senate race in Maryland against Republican Larry Hogan.

The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall.

Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have long been the economic backbone of the nation’s capital and its suburbs.

Day two of the Democratic National Convention has begun.

Democrats say they will lay out the 2024 election as “a choice between two very different visions of America” on the Democratic National Convention’s second night.

Vice President Kamala Harris has focused on stopping gun violence during a campaign stop in Maryland to support U.S. Senate Democratic nominee Angela Alsobrooks in a race that could determine control of the Senate.

Voters in several states have chosen nominees in critical races that could decide the balance of power on Capitol Hill next year.

Republican voters have advanced strong Senate contenders in Maryland and West Virginia, giving the GOP a big boost in its push to claim control of Congress’ upper chamber.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump look to pad their delegate totals in Maryland as the presidential primary campaign enters its final weeks.

A person walks by a memorial to George Floyd in Susan Campbell Park in downtown Annapolis, Md., Friday, June 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)TOP OF THE HOUR: Maryland police chief steps down amid reports of racial bias. A Maryland police chief is stepping down amid reports alleging racial bias and discrimination toward officers of color. A spokesperson for the Clackamas County Sheriffs Office didnt respond to a request for comment Thursday from the Associated Press. Chris Owen, spokesman for the Clackamas County District Attorney, said nothing had been submitted to prosecutors on the incident.