On Friday, December 20, 2024, just hours before the deadline, the House of Representatives passed a slimmed-down government ...

President-elect Donald Trump is setting the stage for his presidency after Congress narrowly avoided a federal government shutdown this week. Follow for live updates.

Trump will appear on the last day of the four-day conservative gathering, which featured GOP stars such as his son, Donald Trump Jr., former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla ...

The vote capped a frantic week that saw Donald Trump and Elon Musk defeat an initial bipartisan deal, throwing Congress into ...

The Senate cleared a stopgap funding extension early Saturday shortly after a midnight deadline, staving off a partial ...

This week’s events were a preview of the perils of governing that face Trump and Republicans in Congress, despite their ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, worked with and against a Republican-controlled legislature on issues like ...

On Dec. 22, 2018, the U.S. government began a record 35-day partial shutdown after the Senate was unable to agree on a ...

"Rockin' around the Christmas treeAt the Christmas party hop" – Brenda Lee It’s a yuletide tradition on Capitol Hill. An annual custom of rockin’ around a congressional Christmas tree, festooned with ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks at a "Go Bigger on Climate, Care, and Justice" rally on July 20, 2021 in Washington, ...

The president-elect successfully pushed House Republicans to jettison some spending, but he failed to achieve his central ...

Fresh from spoiling Christmas for America’s congressmen and women, the Big Tech mogul has described the far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as the country’s “saviour”, sparking ...