Biden could use his authority to grant commutations to convert existing federal death sentences into life in prison. That ...

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.

Biden expected to sign funding bill Saturday after chaotic scramble in Congress - Preparations to close government agencies ...

President-elect Donald Trump and multibillionaire Elon Musk had sunk an earlier bipartisan deal, only to see their preferred replacement voted down.

House Republicans will meet behind closed doors at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss a new plan to avert a government shutdown -- as ...

The deal funds the government at current levels through March 14 and provides $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in ...

President Joe Biden has signed H.R. 10545, a continuing resolution that keeps the government funded for the first months of ...

Democrats and Republicans traded barbs and tried to evade blame, after Trump and Musk killed a bipartisan deal and threatened government shutdown.

President Biden signed a stopgap spending bill Saturday to keep the federal government funded and avoid a disruptive shutdown ...

The Senate approved the House-passed short-term government funding bill in a just-after-midnight vote by a vote of 85-11. The ...

President Joe Biden set a new record for federal judicial confirmations in a single term, when Serena Murillo became his ...

President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation that averts a government shutdown heading into Christmas, bringing a final ...