Johnson faces tough fight ahead in speaker’s race even after Trump endorsement
House Speaker Mike Johnson faces a tough fight to retain the gavel even after an endorsement from Donald Trump, a test of the ...
Here’s how Congress is supposed to fund the US government, but never does
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Congress barrels toward shutdown after House fails to pass Trump-backed funding bill
Congress is barreling toward a government shutdown after the GOP-led House failed to pass a funding plan backed by ...
What’s at risk if Congress doesn’t fund the government by Friday night
The federal government could shut down in a matter of hours if Congress does not cobble together a temporary funding plan on ...
Republicans will still have to deal with the debt ceiling in 2025. Here’s what you need to know
Although President-elect Donald Trump wanted to start 2025 without having to worry about the debt ceiling, he did not get his wish.
Here’s what’s in and out of the government funding agreement
The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the ...
Trump would abolish the debt ceiling. Here’s what’s going on
President-elect Donald Trump confounded members of Congress and flipped the government spending debate on its head when he ...
Biden stays out of public spotlight as shutdown negotiations spiral and deadline looms
President Joe Biden is choosing to stay out of the public spotlight in what could emerge one of the final domestic crises of ...
Retiring Texas congresswoman, who has missed votes since July, experiencing ‘dementia issues,’ son says
Retiring Texas congresswoman and former House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger has been experiencing “dementia ...
Congress passes Paris Hilton-backed bill aimed at protecting institutionalized youth
Paris Hilton is celebrating a big win on Capitol Hill after the US House and Senate both voted to pass the Stop Institutional ...
Attention DOGE: Here’s how the federal government spends Americans’ tax dollars
As the co-heads of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy ...
Joe Manchin torches Democrats on the way out the door
As Joe Manchin prepares to leave Congress after nearly 15 years, the West Virginia senator — who left the Democratic Party ...