The dramatic collapse in talks over the weekend doesn't bode well for the tougher job lawmakers are facing of funding the ...

Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet at the U.S. Capitol can’t mask ...

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and John Curtis (R-UT) have so-called “holds,” an informal objection that prevents nominees from receiving swift confirmation, on three Treasury Department candidates.

The president accused Senate Democrats of using confirmations of more than 150 of his nominees as leverage for funding deals.

The FBI is investigating Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud after she wrote that a property in Virginia was her primary residence, among other falsehoods.

TRUMP ADMIN DECLASSIFIES THE DURHAM ANNEX… REPORT GOES INTO JAW-DROPPING DETAIL ABOUT HILLARY’S PLAN TO DISTRACT FROM HER ...

But Schumer saw Trump’s move as a victory for Senate Democrats. He argued that the president abandoned negotiations while he ...

Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump issued scathing remarks towards Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for ...

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More than 150 of President Donald Trump's nominees for positions throughout the federal government await Senate confirmation ...