Congress

A video of an exchange between U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson and an abortion rights advocate has gone viral after she declined to answer if she opposes late-term abortion, including an abortion in the final minutes of a woman's term.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has announced that she will run for Congress after Republican Rep. Don Young passed away last month, leaving a vacancy in the U.S. House of Representatives.

On Wednesday, U.S. Olympic and National Team gymnasts spoke before Congress on the handling of sexual abuse allegations against USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar called out the Federal Bureau of Investigation for failing to investigate the allegations promptly.

Joseph Blount, the CEO of Colonial Pipeline, appeared before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday to address the hacking of their pipeline in May.

Senators were told during a Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday that thousands of faith-based organizations would be closed or punished by the government if the Equality Act becomes law.

After Rep. Jerry Nadler of NY asserted that “God’s will is no concern of this Congress” during debates over the Equality Act on the House floor last week, Rep. Greg Steube from Florida issued a public response. In his response, Steube asserted that “If we're not on the shoulders of God as it talks about in scripture, then we're on the shoulders of somebody else that I don't care to be on the shoulders of."

According to a new Pew Research Center survey, 88 percent of the members in the 117th U.S. Congress are Christians.