WASHINGTON – The Senate approved a plan Wednesday to extend government funding through early next year, narrowly averting a ...

The state’s hospital industry is vying to secure its interests before Republicans take control of the White House and U.S.

Trump wants to not just shake up but eliminate the federal education bureaucracy and send it back to the states. Students ...

Patty Murray, who leads the Senate Appropriations Committee ... administration was too harsh in its handling of a 2013 ...

Reconciliation has to pass through the House and Senate. It's not something that needs ... It’s a huge deal.” Currently, the government is funded through December 20th. To avoid a shutdown, Congress ...

The PRESS Act, which would protect journalists from government spying, enjoys broad bipartisan support and has passed the ...

The South Dakota Republican failed in his first try for the Senate but came back to defeat a chamber leader. Now he will be ...

With Republicans now holding full control of the government, they have a clear path to pursue major immigration reforms, tax ...

President-elect Trump’s decision to tap Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to become attorney general caught Senate Republicans ...

Republicans in the House and Senate elected their leaders Wednesday after securing a trifecta — winning the House, Senate and ...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is one of the most powerful people in Washington that folks outside D.C. have never heard of.

In today’s edition, senior national political reporter Sahil Kapur looks at how newly elected Senate Republican leader John Thune's relationship with President-elect Donald Trump will quickly be put ...