With Democrats still playing hardball over confirming the rest of President Donald Trump’s civilian nominees, Republicans are ...

Trump's Russia strategy is a textbook exercise in negotiating theory, says Professor Marc Weller, who served as senior UN adviser in dozens of international peace talks ...

Before the U.S. Senate began its August break, Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who heads the upper chamber’s ...

In the upper chamber, legislation to fund the government is subject to the filibuster and requires 60 votes. That means ...

Rifts are emerging between Republicans over how to approach next month’s government funding fight, with some pushing for leaders to try to pass new full-year spending plans and others ...

The Latest: Interest rates are central to Trump’s continuing feud with Fed chair Powell President Donald Trump has visited the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, where he publicly ...

Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet at the U.S. Capitol can’t mask the partisan tensions that are brewing on government funding and President ...

Sen. Adam Schiff greets supporters during his election night party on Nov. 5 in Los Angeles. He entered the Senate as a ...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Friday afternoon that the chamber will be moving forward to pass its first tranche of government funding bills ...

A letter from 10 U.S. senators to the director of the Office of Management and Budget requested the education formula funds that states anticipated July 1 be reinstated. President Donald Trump’s ...

Kaptur requests legal ruling on Trump Administration redirection of solar funds in possible violation of spending laws.