The average person would be forgiven for thinking Congress is completely bungling budgeting. Yet amid all the bad news, there are shoots of green.

Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert chided that House Speaker Mike Johnson's spending patch flop would "screw our country more ...

Washington — The House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to keep the government funded on Wednesday, with a small group of ...

But if he doesn't win, the book is going to have to focus on what red states can do to save what's salvageable of the ...

Congress needs to pass a spending bill by September 30 to avoid a partial government shutdown. Dockworkers and ports must ...

The hard-right bill, with steep 8% cuts to many services, would be rejected by the Senate, where Democrats are in control ... of Republicans and Democrats would emerge to support a continuing ...

Happy Thursday — though it’s been a very unhappy day for North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson.

House Republicans have shifted gears as they race to avoid a government shutdown, eyeing a three-month stopgap spending bill ...

Former President Trump urged Republican lawmakers ahead of the Wednesday vote ... to a Continuing Resolution in any way, ...

Wednesday night’s vote also showed that former President Trump is intent on forcing a government shutdown, as are other ...

It’s back to the drawing board for House Speaker Mike Johnson after the House failed to pass the stopgap spending bill.

The House is gearing up to go first on a bipartisan stopgap funding package early next week after nailing down the ...