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Approaching a midnight deadline, the Senate is preparing to give final approval to a new plan to prevent a government ...

"Treasury expects to hit the statutory debt ceiling between January 14 and January 23," Yellen wrote in a letter addressed to ...

Efforts to push back retirement of the F-15E Strike Eagles and save more than 500 jobs at a U.S. Air Force base in North ...

Sen. Noel Frame cited familiar proposals in the email intended for her caucus but mistakenly went to GOP senators too.

As we look back at the major news stories that shaped 2024, here's a story that may also dominate 2025. School vouchers have been a hot-button topic for years in Tennessee.

The Senate on Wednesday passed an $895.2 billion defense policy bill that sparked controversy when House Speaker Mike Johnson ...

The Senate debated the anti-transgender provisions ... Tammy Baldwin is leading the charge to remove the anti-trans part of the bill. The debate featured four Democratic politicians calling ...

Washington’s Senate Democrats are considering nine new or higher taxes, according to documents accidentally sent to ...

Members of the General Assembly are about to return to Richmond and start haggling over the budget. And part of the debate ...

The Senate on Wednesday passed an $895.2 billion defense policy bill that sparked controversy when House Speaker Mike Johnson amended the legislation with language forbidding the use of federal ...