Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx lashes out at claim she enjoyed an 'eight-week taxpayer-funded vacation' amid a 53-day ...

Republicans in Washington successfully defused the 43-day government shutdown without surrendering to Democrats’ demands to spend billions more to offset spiking health insurance costs.

A new funding bill signed by Trump reopens the U.S. government after a 43-day shutdown. Here’s what the deal changes and what ...

Gov. Ned Lamont has events planned Friday to define himself as central to continuing a fiscal recovery brought to life on his ...

Failure to do so would force all members of Congress, the president, and vice president included, to pay a price via a “fine.” They would be fined a fee equal to 25% of their adjusted gross income, ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. House officially ended the longest federal government shutdown in history after 43 days.

Trump’s Epstein woes could push him toward a Trump health care plan to curb looming insurance premium spikes. But Republicans lack a real solution.

No one should be termed a winner in this disgraceful episode,” Sabato said.” If the shutdown were a play, the theater would ...

The House Democratic leader’s fatal flaw may be that he is too unobjectionable for a Democratic Party spoiling for a fight ...

Government shutdowns are awful. People get laid off or lose critical services, citizens with questions about their tax refunds or Social Security benefits can’t get answers, air traffic grows chaotic ...

Senate Republicans are deeply divided over how to handle rising health insurance premiums now that the longest government shutdown in American history is over. Negotiations between a group of 10 ...

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