Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Capitol is seen on Nov, 5, 2025. Tom Brenner/Getty Images Adelita Grijalva won a special election in Arizona on Sept. 23, 2025, becoming the newest member of Congress and the ...

Public cynicism about American politics can’t get much worse than it already is. And there is a lot to be cynical about. A December 2024 poll reported that only a quarter of Americans “believe the country’s best days are ahead.” Another quarter ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) may soon be headed for the exits if the GOP overcomes its fear of the White House, according to one Republican member of the House of Representatives. The Hill reported Monday that the speaker could soon face a reckoning ...

When the framers of what became the U.S. Constitution set out to draft the rules of our government on a hot, humid day in the summer of 1787, debates over details raged on. But one thing the men agreed on was the power of a new, representative legislative ...