WASHINGTON – The Senate approved a plan Wednesday to extend government funding through early next year, narrowly averting a ...

Lawmakers are reportedly preparing a temporary bill to keep the government’s doors open until March as the nation faces a ...

The state’s hospital industry is vying to secure its interests before Republicans take control of the White House and U.S.

Trump wants to not just shake up but eliminate the federal education bureaucracy and send it back to the states. Students ...

Reconciliation has to pass through the House and Senate. It's not something that needs ... It’s a huge deal.” Currently, the government is funded through December 20th. To avoid a shutdown, Congress ...

Donald Trump said he would use the department to further his priorities. He also said he would close it. Both options would ...

The South Dakota Republican failed in his first try for the Senate but came back to defeat a chamber leader. Now he will be ...

Lawmakers in the House and Senate are set to elect their leaders on Wednesday after Republicans scored a trifecta — winning ...

President-elect Trump’s decision to tap Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to become attorney general caught Senate Republicans ...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is one of the most powerful people in Washington that folks outside D.C. have never heard of.

Republican majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress will give Donald Trump the power to achieve many of his goals ...

In today’s edition, senior national political reporter Sahil Kapur looks at how newly elected Senate Republican leader John Thune's relationship with President-elect Donald Trump will quickly be put ...