WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson exercised his power of the gavel Tuesday in an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to be able to vote by proxy, ...

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 20: A sign masks the location of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters building on August 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) The FTC’s ...

Pregnant lawmakers and new mothers will get the right to vote by proxy in the European Parliament under a rule change backed by the assembly on Thursday, November 13, and now headed to member states ...