Claudia Grisales

House Democrats are on course to impeach President Trump. The article of impeachment is expected to be approved on Wednesday, and some key Republicans are on board.

House Democrats filed an impeachment resolution with one article, charging President Trump with inciting a violent insurrection. They are urging Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment.

More than half of House Democrats back articles of impeachment and are pressing leaders to reconvene next week to vote on them. Leaders warn if the president isn't removed they will proceed.

Lawmakers continue to demand answers and accountability following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. House Democrats are considering another impeachment of President Trump.

Lawmakers took aim at top Capitol security officials the day after a mob of pro-Trump extremists breached the building and forced evacuations. Now top Capitol security officials have quit.

NPR's congressional reporter discusses Congress' return to the electoral count and what the pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol might mean for the U.S. politics.

NPR's congressional correspondent shares the latest developments of the pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

GOP Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah was confronted in an airport by supporters of President Trump. But Romney saved his stronger words for Trump himself.

Republicans will see more than 100 of their House members and over a dozen GOP senators object to the election results. Those objections are highly unlikely to prevail.

President Trump has signed a massive COVID-19 relief and omnibus spending package, deputy press secretary Judd Deere said Sunday night on Twitter.

Two unemployment programs have expired because President Trump has not signed the COVID-19 relief package that was overwhelmingly passed by both the Senate and the House.

President Trump called a new relief bill a "disgrace" and left Washington, D.C. If he doesn't sign it by Monday, Congress will need to pass a stopgap measure to keep the government from shutting down.

President Trump threw the fate of the coronavirus relief and government spending bill into question with an unexpected set of demands. Congressional leaders are scrambling.

President Trump has vetoed the annual defense bill, which has won congressional approval 60 years straight. Now, Congress will move to override that veto.

Top leaders and rank-and-file members are getting the first wave of COVID-19 vaccines. It could speed up the return to business as usual. But some lawmakers say members should wait behind others.

The nearly $900 billion package includes a new round of direct payments to qualifying Americans, a boost in weekly unemployment benefits; and funds for small-business aid and vaccine distribution.

As congressional leaders negotiate, other lawmakers are demanding more details. Plus, Democrats are objecting to a push by some Senate Republicans to limit emergency lending rules.

Congressional leaders are finalizing legislation that would include a fresh round of smaller stimulus checks. The proposal abandons more controversial issues.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as president- and vice president-elect on Tuesday for the first time. McConnell spoke with Biden later in the day.

A new wave of senators are finally acknowledging what has been clear for weeks: that Joe Biden is president-elect. Even with the formal affirmation of the election outcome, many holdouts remain.