U.S. lawmakers had less than two days on Thursday to avert a partial government shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump told Fox News on Wednesday that he is "totally against" the stopgap measure proposed in ...

Republicans and Democrats expect Sen. Mitch McConnell will remain a thorn in Donald Trump's side even without a leadership ...

A move in Congress by Sen. Chuck Schumer that would allow towns to track drones was blocked Wednesday. Schumer wants a law to ...

After a Republican revolt led by Elon Musk and Donald Trump torpedoed a plan to fund the government, a new path forward ...

Facing intense pressure of the federal government potentially shutting down within days and disaster aid coffers that need ...

REPORT It’s Thursday. It’s nice that some things in life are easily predicted. For example, there will always be an ...

With a looming Friday deadline, lawmakers are working last minute to dodge a shutdown and keep government operations running ...

Republicans on Wednesday rejected a plan by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) for a three-month stopgap funding ...

Donald Trump is still a month out from his inauguration but already is shaking up Washington, trashing House Speaker Mike ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Dec. 12 The Washington Post says Joe Biden shouldn't use preemptive pardons ...

Sen. Rand Paul floated the idea that Elon Musk could be House speaker. If nominated and voted in, any American, including ...