Experts and lawmakers push to national forefront many of the issues that consume sports parents, offer potential changes to the system.

NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers — now more than 1 in 10 current members — who have announced plans to retire or run for a different office in 2026.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a compromise version of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, a nearly $1 trillion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that Congress has passed for 65 straight years.

Lawmakers are scrambling to address skyrocketing health care costs in the final days before Congress leaves Washington for the holidays, with enhanced tax credits that make insurance premiums more affordable for millions of Americans set to expire at the end of the month.

Highlights of 2025 in Congress included the longest partial government shutdown in history and the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Trump is expected to speak at 9 p.m. He announced the address on Tuesday but did not specify the topic of the address.

A year after President Donald Trump’s election and with next year’s midterms looming, congressional deference to the White House is showing signs of wearing on some Republicans.

A federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that sought to require members of Congress to submit requests a week before visiting ICE detention facilities.