But that year-end legislative battle may foretell further fiscal chaos in 2025, including the risk of another downgrade of US debt. Donald Trump will take office on January 20 with his fellow ...

House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle joined together to reject Speaker Mike Johnson’s latest stopgap funding package ...

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A bipartisan bill that would have provided health care for 9/11 first responders was excluded from the budget deal ...

President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office next month, is using Elon Musk's wealth and influence to bully Congress.

President-elect Trump is seizing the reins of power early and, according to lawmakers in both parties, already acting as ...

President-elect Trump’s tough talk about Greenland and the Panama Canal shows that he’s most comfortable playing offense, even if nothing much comes of it.

Representative Dusty Johnson says new government shutdown deadline gives Republicans, Donald Trump flexibility to make decisions next year.

There’s a start date now for the enormous task of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Crews will begin work Jan. 7 with ...

Mike Johnson's wrangling to prevent a government shutdown angered Democrats to his left and Republicans to his right, putting ...

However, Congress has passed legislation to pay service members during specific government shutdowns in the past.

Matt Gaetz is freaking out ahead of the expected release of the House Ethics report into his sexual misconduct and illicit ...