Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told lawmakers this week that his department needs an additional $30 billion to maintain the...

Congress is facing a deadline of Friday midnight to pass a stop-gap funding bill and avoid a shutdown, but a handful of Republican senators are...

President Joe Biden’s 2023 budget request to Congress is expected to include more than $770 billion for defense spending, according to a report from...

The Senate faces a Friday deadline to pass a short-term extension of federal funding, and while leaders of both parties sounded optimistic that they...

The federal government’s funding runs out after Friday, meaning that Congress has just days to pass a stopgap bill, known as a continuing resolution...

President Joe Biden issued an executive order Friday clearing the way to release $7 billion held in the U.S. that was deposited by the central bank of...

Democrats’ plans to resurrect some version of their Build Back Better social spending and climate package already appeared to be hanging by a thread...

Congress took a big step Tuesday toward reforming the U.S. Postal Service’s shaky finances and allowing the ailing agency to move ahead with...

Top Senate negotiators in the budget talks for fiscal year 2022 said Wednesday that a deal is now within sight. “We have reached an understanding on...

New York Times reporter Jeanna Smialek stirred up a hornet’s nest in the world of economics this weekend, publishing a profile of economist Stephanie...