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​WASHINGTON — Rep. Jason Smith, a self-proclaimed “firebrand” preaching a populist image of the GOP, won the nomination to be chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.

​Rep. Jason Smith, a self-proclaimed “firebrand” preaching a populist image of the GOP, won the nomination to be Ways and Means chairman.

The race for the House Ways and Means Committee chairmanship remains close as contenders prepare to make their final pitches.

​House Democrats on Tuesday elected Pennsylvania Rep. Brendan F. Boyle to lead the caucus on the Budget Committee next Congress.

After 65 years, police have identified the remains of a boy whose body was found in a box by the side of a road

Just as it’s a good idea to child-proof a home before having toddlers over for a birthday party, congressional Democrats should be doing what they can during the current lame-duck session to prepare for the incoming Republican House majority — a crowd that has literally announced its intention to threaten…

Texans will chair some powerful committees in the House, but their roles in top leadership elections last week were more often as anti-establishment voices than contenders.

A judge said Tyrell Morton "of all people" should have known the dangers of knife crime, as his uncle was stabbed to death

House Republicans will face their biggest tests of unity in the next Congress on fiscal issues, including the debt ceiling.