There are safeguards to the use of the technology but day-to-day activities are allowed.

Fifty-one House members and nine senators have decided not to run for re-election, the most retirements from Congress this century.

WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 85, is heading for the exits after nearly four decades in Congress. So is her longtime deputy, Rep. Steny Hoyer, 86, and former Senate Majority Leader ...