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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is one of the most talked-about potential Democratic presidential candidates for 2020, but she also has turned into a thorn in the side of the Department of Justice. That's because she’s holding up one of the highest-profile postings at the DOJ.

Former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., is receiving the Congressional Gold Medal. Here's what you need to know about the former Republican presidential nominee and WWII veteran.

Republicans and Democrats scrambled Thursday to avoid a government shutdown with a short-term spending bill to keep the government open heading to the House and Senate -- but possibly lacking vital support in both chambers.

Lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a bipartisan bill to overhaul how sexual harassment claims are handled on Capitol Hill.

Fox News is told that administration officials are expressing confidence that they will be able to move the interim spending bill through the House — and ALSO the Senate.

A program that allows U.S. spy agencies to collect information on foreigners outside the country was reauthorized by both chambers of Congress.

The U.S. Senate voted 65-34 Thursday to approve the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act section 702 program, sending the House-approved measure to President Trump.

It may be a new year, but Congress is returning to the same old challenge they left behind in 2017 – agreeing on a budget.

WASHINGTON-- Moving to solidify its standing with social conservatives, the Trump administration is creating an office to protect the religious rights of medical providers, including those who oppose abortion.

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The House Intelligence Committee voted to release a transcript of its November interview with Glenn Simpson, founder of Fusion GPS, the firm behind the so-called "Trump dossier."

The man accused of an “unprovoked and brutal stabbing” at a market in California last month is an illegal immigrant with a criminal record who had been previously deported seven times, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman tells Fox News.

Just hours before Congress is set to vote on a stop-gap temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown Friday night, President Trump seemed to crush a Republican strategy to push the plan through.

A blame game will consume Washington if the government shuts down this week.

President Trump announced his “total support” for Republican congressional candidate for Pennsylvania Rick Saccone Thursday in an effort to “continue” the GOP’s “already successful agenda!”

President Trump tweeted early Thursday that his border wall “has never changed or evolved,” seemingly contradicting White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who suggested the president’s attitude toward his paramount campaign promise had “changed.”

Two Republican senators from Arizona denounced President Trump yesterday for his constant attacks on the press, but they took very different paths.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson indicated continued and deeper U.S. commitment to Syria on Wednesday, including pressuring Bashar al-Assad to resign, just days after the Syrian regime army said it is determined to drive out the U.S. from any involvement in the country.

President Donald Trump Wednesday accused Russia of helping North Korea to evade international sanctions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said his “solid assessment” is that the American Embassy will be moved to Jerusalem in the coming year, but President Trump hinted otherwise later in the day.