The United States Senate was in session for a total of 29 seconds on Monday; that's 29 seconds longer than the House of Representatives.

The United States of America, as it’s called today, had only been known up to that point as the “United Colonies.” A resolution presented to the Continental Congress in June 1776 stated “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.”

In a move of profound symbolic and practical importance, the Continental Congress formally adopted “United States of America” as the official name of the new nation.

Hollie Noveletsky, a business leader from Greenland, announces her bid for U.S. Congress in New Hampshire's First Congressional District.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees at once, voting for the first time this session under the chamber's new "nuclear" rules.

A Pennsylvania lawmaker is introducing legislation urging the United States Congress to release all records related to Jeffrey Epstein. The bill, proposed by State Rep. Nathan

Republican lawmakers see a president abusing his powers, and they’re eager to make it easier for him to engage in even more abuses.

A draft U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza was blocked by Washington because it failed to call out Hamas as a terrorist organization.