Nancy Pelosi has avoided being beaten up by extremists in her party, unlike Charles Schumer and Mitch McConnell who have faced calls to resign for making deals with Republicans to keep the ...

McConnell has said the law closes a loophole companies have exploited by taking legal amounts of THC, turning it into intoxicating substances, and marketing it to kids in candy-like packaging.

Canada's main stock index edged higher on Wednesday as optimism that a U.S. debt-ceiling deal could be reached offset worries ...

After the government had been shut down for nearly a month, a conspicuously quiet President Donald Trump finally weighed in ...

The peculiar US political phenomenon known as the filibuster is once again in focus. The filibuster is the prerogative enjoyed by the minority party in the Senate to demand never-ending debate to ...

WASHINGTON—President Trump has picked the one fight with the Republican Senate that he might not be able to win. All year, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron — once a protégé of Sen. Mitch McConnell — is now running to replace him, casting himself as an unapologetic "America First" conservative ...

The U.S. Senate failed to pass a stopgap funding bill, continuing the partial federal government shutdown that began on October 1. The vote was 54-46, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has overseen $1.8 trillion in new debt issuance since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act lifted the debt ceiling. Bessent prioritized short-term Treasury Bills, with 60% ...