On May 13, 1846, the United States Congress formally declared war against Mexico, following battles along the disputed U.S.-Mexico border in the preceding weeks; the Mexican-American War would continue for nearly two years until the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848.

Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.

Projections indicate that the US bill aimed at South Africa relations and sanctions is unlikely to become law due to legislative hurdles and low prioritization.

Sanders, who is Jewish, described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as “extremist,” accused it of “ethnic cleansing” Gaza’s 2.2 million residents, and of “using starving children to death as a weapon of war” by withholding humanitarian aid, in clear violation of the Geneva Convention.

While Congress has largely been relegated to the sidelines under ... of Homeland Security “to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes,” meaning immigration officers would be required ...

The Iowa House Minority Leader announced her bid for Iowa’s Third Congressional District on Thursday morning. State Representative Jennifer Konfrst (D), District 32 from Windsor Heights, has been serving at the state level in the Iowa House for six years and is now aiming to get elected to federal office.

Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive," amid attacks on federal judges who have slowed President Donald Trump’s agenda.

By a one vote margin, the Senate stymied a first-of-its kind measure designed to regulate cryptocurrency in the United States, with Republicans crossing party lines to derail the bill.

Republicans are looking everywhere for ways to raise more revenue short of raising taxes. This magic trick is not easily accomplished. Taxpayers, even those embracing the MAGA mindset, are not holding out their wallets and, in a burst of civic patriotism, pleading with the government to take their money.