Faced with the agonizing decision of whether to allow the government to shut down or help pass a House-approved Republican spending bill they have...

House Republicans narrowly passed their plan to fund the government through September and avoid a government shutdown starting Friday night...

The shutdown watch is on. With four days to go before a Friday night deadline to fund the government and no bipartisan compromise in sight, House...

As Republican lawmakers consider making changes or cuts to Medicaid as part of their push to offset the cost of their tax plans, a new poll from...

President Donald Trump’s comments yesterday empowering his Cabinet members to take charge of staffing and firing decisions at their departments — and...

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants his Cabinet secretaries to take the lead in efforts to scale back the federal workforce — and to...

President Trump said Thursday he is delaying until April 2 a 25% tariff on goods imported from Mexico and Canada that are covered by the trade pact he...

The Trump Administration is planning for a sweeping reorganization of the Department of Veterans Affairs this year that includes cutting more than 80...

1. The state of our union is…ugly. This wasn’t officially a State of the Union address, but it certainly demonstrated the state of our politics. Trump...

On this date 160 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln was sworn in to his second term in office and delivered a brief but historic inaugural address...