Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would ...

The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of its last acts ...

Johnson says Republicans agree on new deal; Democrats still need to approve - Speaker Mike Johnson promises there won’t be a ...

Republicans in the House of Representatives have come to a second short-term government spending agreement, after President-elect Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk scuttled the initial ...

Veering toward a midnight Friday government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but punts President-elect Dona ...

A returning president who expects to govern without constraints leaves his opponents hoping to benefit from the backlash.

Political analysts addressed questions about Trump's control over Republicans amid a looming government shutdown threat.

Kentucky lawmakers are reacting to multi-billionaire Elon Musk's outsized influence on this week's roller-coaster spending ...

The crisis erupted after Johnson’s second congressional spending bill, drafted at the insistence of Donald Trump to include a suspension of the debt limit and remove a number of concessions to ...

Plan to avert a government shutdown backed by Trump failed with 38 Republicans opposing the bill. Does it mean his ...

Texas Rep. Chip Roy — one of the Republicans who voted against the deal — expressed his thoughts on why he disagreed with the deal on the table.

Frustrated House Speaker Mike Johnson forced to return to drawing board once again after Plan B bill defeated in House of Representatives by 235 votes to 174 ...