Senate Majority Leader John Thune sparked commotion around the Hill with his ambitious 2025 calendar, which included regular Friday votes, something of a rarity in the chamber. Now it’s the first full session week under the new GOP majority, and

An evangelist for treating mental health disorders with psychedelic drugs whom President Joe Biden appointed to a top job at the VA wants to join forces with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dr. Shereef Elnahal told POLITICO his own interest in

The Senate is expected to take a bipartisan vote Thursday afternoon advancing the Laken Riley Act, making it the first bill Senate Republicans debate under their new majority. The bill — which is named after a Georgia nursing student murdered

Former first lady Michelle Obama was noticeably absent from former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. She had a scheduling conflict and is in Hawaii, according to a person familiar with her schedule. Michelle Obama

Brooke Rollins, Donald Trump's Agriculture secretary pick, is among a handful of nominees whose confirmation hearings are slipping past their targeted dates due to delays with FBI background checks and ethics paperwork, according to two people with direct knowledge of