The Latest Breaking News from Deborah K Ross

Few members of Congress have given birth while in office. Proxy voting could help, some believe, but staunch opposition remains.

A Supreme Court decision will make it harder for voters to prove lawmakers improperly relied on race for congressional maps, advocates say.

As she joins the Democratic whip team, Ross talks about how North Carolina politics have changed and why she likes to “listen and observe.”

WASHINGTON — Immigration lawyer Diana Baurele spent weeks getting bounced around the bureaucracy of a U.S. immigration agency as she tried to renew work authorization documents for a home health care worker.

Member offices have fielded a growing pile of requests for help to speed their cases through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Provisions added to a sweeping defense bill could be the best chance Congress has of passing any immigration legislation this year.

President Joe Biden will continue his travels to promote efforts to combat inflation with a visit to Greensboro, North Carolina, on Thursday to urge congressional action to finalize work on a bipartisan competitiveness bill as Democrats seek to hold both chambers of Congress.

President Biden is expected to press for congressional action on a China competitiveness bill, arguing it would lower inflation.