During her short visit to Utah this week, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer at one point found herself clothed head to toe ...

In legislation advancing in Congress, several key Chesapeake Bay federal initiatives could avoid the budget cuts facing many ...

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 speaks with the McClatchy California Editorial Board on May 23 in Fresno. As Trump attacks mount, Schiff ...

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said on Saturday he is drafting a resolution to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees as the ...

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 ...