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The Internet Is OBSESSED with This Handsome 28-Year-Old Running for Congress

Meet Ammar Campa-Najjar.

This Bot Turns Your Texts Into Faxes to Elected Officials

Because who has a personal fax machine?

Why Donald Trump’s Federal Budget Proposal Is Causing Controversy

His plans to cut funding from places like the EPA have been met with opposition.

Trump Announced a New Office to Track Crimes by Immigrants in His Joint Congress Speech

It will be called VOICE, which stands for Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement.

House Democrats Are Protesting Donald Trump With Their Outfits

This is powerful.

Democrats Are Bringing People Affected by Trump’s Muslim Ban to His Speech Tonight

They’re sending a message to the president with their plus-ones.

5 Things You Need to Know About Trump’s First Address to Congress

Including potential topics he’ll cover and who will attend.

Protesters Donning Fake KKK Robes Disrupted Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing

As he was being escorted out, one protester said, “White people own this government!”

Why Police Wanted a Student’s Painting Taken Down From the U.S. Capitol

It was an interpretation of the Ferguson shooting in 2014.

This U.S. Senator Just Made History TWICE

Kamala Harris became the first black woman that California elected to the Senate and the first Indian American to serve in Congress.

How One Woman in Congress Is Fighting Cybercrime

It has an impact IRL.

How ONE Senator Is Blocking a Bill That Could Help Thousands of Children

Senator Richard Burr claims to speak on behalf of foster care advocates in North Carolina.

Nancy Pelosi Will Continue as House Democratic Leader

She won re-election against Rep. Tim Ryan.

Paul Ryan Will Probably Remain Speaker of the House

Republicans re-elected him ahead of full House elections.

This Former Congressional Staffer Reveals How to ACTUALLY Get Your Representatives to Listen

Here’s what works — and what doesn’t — if you’re trying to get your lawmaker’s ear.

Elizabeth Warren Has Some Stern Words for Donald Trump and the Republican Party

She and her fellow lawmakers will "stand up to bigotry.”

A New Zika Virus Case in Utah Is Puzzling Health Officials

And this happened right as Congress went on vacation before addressing Zika-control funding.

This Is How Democrats Are Continuing the Fight for Stricter Gun Control Laws

Have you seen a member of Congress in your area?

Now Congress Is Getting Involved in the Stanford Rape Case

Rep. Ted Poe called Brock Allen Turner’s sentence “pathetic.”