Senate nearer to a deal to end government shutdown
The U.S. Senate on Monday drew closer to ending the U.S. government shutdown after a small group of…
Murray vows to fight taxpayer dollars funding Trump’s East Wing project
A key Senate Democrat is vowing that “everything will be on the table” to prevent taxpayer dollars from…
Senate Democrats reject government funding bill over health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats rejected for the 10th time Thursday a stopgap spending bill that would reopen…
Trump directs Pentagon to shift funds to make payroll for troops
President Donald Trump said Saturday that his administration will make sure military personnel get paid Wednesday when their…
Government shutdown: Health care remains an intractable issue in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown sounded a lot…
Trump cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in targeted states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy…
Education Dept. funding released for after-school and summer programs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs,…
Senate moves ahead with Trump’s request for $9 billion in cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s request to cancel some $9 billion in…
Republicans haul Trump’s big bill to Senate passage after all-night session
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage…
She won a Trump district as a Democrat. Now she faces ire from the left
CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez gave Democrats a rare win last fall when she defeated…
White House pitches sharp spending cuts in Trump budget plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House released President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal Friday, hoping to slash, if…
Republicans unveil Trump-backed bill to avoid shutdown, daring Democrats to oppose it
US House Republicans unveiled a spending bill on Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through September 30,…