D.C. is expected to avoid $1.1 billion in sudden cuts after last-minute heroics in the Senate on Friday. Why it matters: ...

The governor's influence is rising in the Democratic party, as she shifts from low-key resistance to full-on protest over Trump's punitive slashing of federal funds ...

The Palm Beach County School District is reviewing its diversity, equity and inclusion policies to "ensure compliance with ...

The Maryland legislature hits a key deadline Monday, signaling the final weeks of a 90-day session marked by budgetary woes ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro this week said plugging leaking abandoned wells reduces methane emissions, creates jobs, protects public health and opens up opportunities for rural communities. Shapiro and ...

It is a cruel irony for Schumer. Almost exactly eight months ago, he was the one sitting down with Joe Biden at the ...

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown and capping off a struggle i ...

The speaker can only afford to lose one Republican before a second defection would defeat the bill if all members are voting ...

Washington has until the late spring or summer to raise the borrowing limit past its $36 trillion cap, setting up a test with economy-reverberating consequences for Republicans.

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

The uproar prompted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) to trek back 35 miles to the Capitol to hold an ...

President Donald Trump is ordering his administration to gut Voice of America and other pro-democracy media organizations run ...