WASHINGTON (AP) — The Library of Congress has notified lawmakers of a “cyber breach” of its IT system by an adversary, a hack of emails between some congressional offices and library staff ...

But for Congress, it’s also a potentially existential moment, one that is testing whether its status as a co-equal branch of U.S. government can withstand a second Trump administration.

By Maya C. Miller Reporting from Capitol Hill Representative Matt Gaetz, the hard-right Republican provocateur, resigned from Congress on Wednesday after being tapped by President-elect Donald J.

Republicans are also already planning an extension of the tax cuts Trump enacted in 2017 — the last time he and his party had control of the White House and Congress. The news of full ...

said during a press conference. Matt Gaetz has already resigned from congress after President-elect Trump selected him for attorney general, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson. AP The House ...

Trump's two earlier selections prompted concerns about thinning out an already-meager likely majority for the House GOP in the 119th Congress. But Gaetz resigning early likely alleviates some of ...

Gaetz, a staunch Trump supporter and right-wing firebrand, was one of the most controversial figures in Congress. The Justice Department investigated the 42-year-old ex-representative over ...

“He issued his resignation letter effective immediately from Congress. That caught us by surprise a little bit,” Johnson told reporters during a press conference on Wednesday night. Dozens of ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s aides are readying unconventional strategies to implement at least some recommendations from a new government spending commission with or without congressional ...

"Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at ...

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