Louisiana Representative Clay Higgins was the only member of Congress to vote against releasing the Epstein files. What to know about the congressman.

Epstein survivor: "It shouldn't take an act of Congress" to get justice for victims Jess Michaels joins The Lead.

Long the most critical branch of the federal government, Congress has ceded much of its own institutional power. Here's how it happened.

The Stock Act of 2012 prohibits members of Congress from trading on insider information. But its critics say the law is largely toothless. It requires members to disclose their and their families’ trades within 45 days, but lawmakers who have been investigated have largely been let off because its standards for insider trading are extremely high.

Donald Trump says he plans to ignore the need for an Act of Congress to change the name of the Department of Defense. Earlier on Monday (August 25) the President suggested in the next few weeks he would revert to the Department of War name which was used ...

The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, as amended, provides that "Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or an Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or ...

Congress must act, and the vehicle for doing so is the bipartisan SPEED Act, introduced by Reps. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Jared Golden (D-Maine).

If you’ve been paying attention to President Donald Trump’s vows to deploy active-duty soldiers to police American cities, mainly governed by Democrats, then you’ve probably heard two words pop up over and over again. That’s Posse Comitatus.

President Donald Trump's administration for weeks tried to stall or head off a vote in Congress to force the release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, but nonetheless the measure is expected to land on his desk as soon as Wednesday.