Category: Congress

The Trump administration wants a stopgap funding plan through Jan. 31. Appropriators are prepared to go their own way. It’s about more than a date — it’s the latest...

There's a bipartisan deal to be had combining government funding with an extension of health insurance subsidies. But some lawmakers are wary.

Democratic Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw defeated Republican Stewart Whitson easily on Tuesday, with The Associated Press calling the race at 7:36 p.m. Eastern time. The race for the...

FBI Director Kash Patel will testify before Senate Judiciary on Sept. 16. The committee noticed an annual hearing on oversight of the FBI Tuesday, and a spokesperson confirmed Patel...

House Republicans are planning a vote to repeal two laws that authorized military force in the Middle East, amid broader concerns by Democrats and some in the GOP that...

Congressional Republicans say they don’t believe that the materials from the estate of the late Jeffrey Epstein demonstrate close ties between the convicted sex offender and Donald Trump —...

The White House sent Congress a list Tuesday of special exceptions it wants lawmakers to include in any funding stopgap to keep agencies open past the upcoming Sept. 30...

Speaker Mike Johnson, addressing House Republicans behind closed doors just three weeks before the government is set to shut down, said he and other GOP leaders are waiting on...

Senate Republicans are ready to “go nuclear” this week after failing to reach a deal with Democrats to clear a backlog of some 150 of President Donald Trump’s nominees....

Lawmakers do not appear headed toward the kind of bitter showdown that marked previous nomination battles.