U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, on Wednesday introduced legislation to establish a federal “Workforce Pell Grant” program. Eligibility for federal Pell grants, traditionally restricted to college students enrolled in degree programs, would be expanded to include short-term ...

NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. George Santos’ campaign committee told federal regulators Wednesday that it had hired a new treasurer amid lingering questions about the source of his wealth and irregularities in the committee’s financial reports. The only problem? The man Santos supposedly hired ...

WASHINGTON — Electing the House speaker may have been the easy part. Now House Republicans will try to govern. Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces his first test late Monday as the Republicans try to approve their rules package for governing House operations, typically a routine step on Day One ...

ALBANY — The opening days of the 2023 legislative session are being dominated not by squabbles over partisan bills but a showdown over Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee to become New York’s next chief judge. Hochul’s pick for the vacancy is Hector LaSalle, presiding judge of the second ...

WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions that boiled over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern. “My father ...