The State Department on Friday is carrying out plans to lay off 1,300 employees as part of a drastic reorganization effort, drawing outrage from former diplomats and Democrats who say the Trump ...

Economy Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficits Moody’s knocked the government’s credit rating down a notch as the country’s debt soars.

Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

President Trump fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, via email late Thursday night, the latest in a string of actions the president has taken to shape American cultural institutions.

The following is the June 26, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Israel-Iran Conflict, U.S. Strikes and Ceasefire. From the report On June 13, 2025, Israel began a major ...

A $2 billion crypto deal involving President Trump's family and a foreign government is threatening to derail bipartisan stablecoin legislation that Congress has been working on for months. Why it ...

The Center for American Progress and The Arc break down the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, exposing how its deep cuts to ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including Elon Musk's legacy as his time in the White ...

The U.S. faces a debt dangerous crisis with Congress's overspending pushing the nation towards a fiscal cliff. Trump has to figure a way to fix things before it's too late.

Scrutiny of China’s role in American universities is intensifying on Capitol Hill and becoming one of the most aggressive bipartisan oversight campaigns in Washington.

The White House is expected to send Congress a rescissions package in the coming days, looking to claw back congressionally approved funding.