Nikole Killion is a CBS News congressional correspondent based in Washington D.C., who has covered some of the biggest stories on Capitol Hill since 2021. Killion has also served a key role in CBS ...

Congress is wrapping up the year in the shadow of the longest government shutdown and with a growing reputation as the least productive in modern history. "Congress is in a coma. It has a pulse, but ...

Congress is dying in real time. By Jamelle Bouie Michelle Cottle and David French Produced by Vishakha Darbha The legislative branch of the government is in crisis. The shutdown is entering a second ...

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Recent presidents have not been shy about claiming broad powers, but President Donald Trump has taken this trend into a crucial new area: federal spending. These precedents might well establish a new ...

This week, I discuss the role of Congress in trade policy, something particularly timely in light of the litigation pending in the Supreme Court, where the fundamental issue is congressional vs.

President Donald Trump, left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, during a celebration for the LSU Tigers and LSU Shreveport Pilots baseball champions in the East Room of the ...

Congress has left the building. Lawmakers are home for the holidays with the memory of the longest ever government shutdown still fresh. This Congress is earning a reputation as the least productive ...

WASHINGTON — Both chambers of Congress nearly unanimously agreed to pass a bill on Tuesday to compel the Justice Department to release as much information as possible about the late accused sex ...