Democratic congressional leaders, locked out of power, see the upcoming government funding deadline as their best chance to ...

Presidents traditionally host opposing party leaders early in their term, as Trump did in 2017, but that tradition is now gone.

The Senate is moving fiscal 2026 funding measures with ease but there is still no overall strategy in Congress.

Rifts are emerging between Republicans over how to approach next month’s government funding fight, with some pushing for ...

As Congress begins its summer recess, concerns grow over its ability to pass a full-year budget by the end of September, with ...

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 ...

Several recent polls show Donald Trump with a job approval rating among the American people down around 40 percent. A new ...

Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) ripped Senate Democrats for refusing to confirm President Donald Trump's appointees unless ...

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

Now, the two men are headed toward a fall rematch with much higher stakes: whether to keep the federal government open past a Sept. 30 funding deadline. Despite decades of history between them, their ...

It's already been a long year for members of Congress, especially Senators, who are putting in more days at the Capitol than ...