With choice words and blunt instruments, people chipped away at obstacles in Washington this week — and it wasn’t just the “snowcrete” left by a powerful winter storm. Senators headed out of town ...

During a Senate HELP Committee last year in May, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) confronted HHS Secretary RFK Jr. with ...

Senate leaders have a bipartisan funding deal in hand but it remains to be seen whether they will avert a costly government shutdown as the clock ticks down toward Friday’s midnight deadline.

“Go see Ralph Williams.” That was my editor’s advice back in 1982, as I began covering the West Virginia Legislature. No explanation. Just a name — and the clear implication that if I wanted to ...

If he’d talked like this about Donald Trump while he was still on the ballot, would he have been run out of the Senate? Maybe ...

RUTTE: ‘GOOD LUCK’ DEFENDING EUROPE WITHOUT THE U.S.: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte — who has turned out to be one of ...

Trump's terse 'No' to firing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sparks sharp cross‑party criticism and renewed scrutiny of federal law ...

With the economy growing at a healthy pace and the unemployment rate appearing to level off, Fed officials likely see little ...

Citizens crowded county commission meetings and city council rooms in recent months, expressing concerns about potential data centers near Sioux Falls and the small South Dakota town of Toronto. Three ...

Top Democrats in Congress are plunging into an impeachment fight with Kristi Noem, as even some moderate Republicans say they’ve lost faith in the embattled Department of Homeland Security chief – ...

The rate-setting committee remains split between those opposed to further cuts until inflation comes down, and those who want to lower rates to further support hiring.

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