The six-month continuing resolution before Congress would cut $1.2 billion from the Pentagon's health research into deadly ...

At least seven Democrats, who have been divided on their shutdown strategy, will need to join with Republicans for the measure to clear a key procedural hurdle.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said he'll vote to let the GOP-drafted stopgap funding measure pass, likely ...

Shutdown drama jams Senate Democrats Trade war, the sequel U.S. negotiators heading to Russia  Measles cases multiply  The ...

Former Rep. Dan Bishop’s nomination to be deputy director of budget for the Office of Management and Budget is now heading to ...

Green reportedly kept yelling at Trump, “You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!” The Houston-area congressman, 77, also waved ...

A possible Democratic proposal boosted D.C.’s hopes of avoiding potential layoffs but also inched the nation closer to a ...

The wrangling over an extension of government dominates the agenda for both the House and the Senate this week.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, in a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) again asked for unanimous consent (UC) to pass ...

“USAID’s own internal projections suggest hundreds of thousands of kids will die from malaria or malnutrition, or be disabled ...

Trump is soft-launching a recession. The president has now twice refused to rule out a recession in the wake of his own ...

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, broke with his party on Thursday and said he would vote for a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday ...