Congress says its wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces an insurgency from hard-right Republicans eager to slash spending even if it means closing federal offices to millions of Americans.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has turned to a strategy that so far has preserved his tenuous hold on House leadership, but also marked his tenure by chaos.
The federal government is heading toward a shutdown at month’s end that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics.
White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding
The White House has direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded.
With the collapse of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s latest plan to avert a federal shutdown, lawmakers have left town with no endgame in sight.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he won’t give up trying to pass a conservative bill to prevent a government shutdown.
With time dwindling, Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to pass the broader government funding legislation and get a bill to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is running out of options as he tries to press forward with a plan to keep the federal government from shutting down.
The United States is at risk of another damaging government shutdown, potentially as soon as the end of September. So what’s happening on Capitol Hill?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill and at the White House next week.
Rep. Steve Scalise has returned to the U.S. Capitol for the first time since being diagnosed with a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma.
President Joe Biden is brushing off the House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry. Biden says the way he sees it, they opened the probe against him because they want to shut down the federal government.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem endorsed former President Donald Trump at a party fundraiser in Rapid City Friday night that doubled as an opportunity for Noem to showcase herself as a potential vice presidential pick.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is expected to endorse Donald Trump’s presidential campaign when he travels to her state for a Republican fundraiser on Friday.
Congress returns to try to prevent a government shutdown while the GOP weighs an impeachment inquiry
Congress is returning to Capitol Hill to try to avert a government shutdown, while House Republicans consider whether to pursue an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
The attending physician to Congress says he’s cleared Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to continue with his planned schedule. That word from Dr.
Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month.
House Republicans are releasing new information about the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.
Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm at railroad crashes causing potential disasters.
The Senate has passed a massive annual defense bill that would deliver a 5.2% pay raise for service members and keep the nation’s military operating.
House Republicans are searching for solutions to climate change without restricting American-produced energy that comes from burning oil, coal and gas.
Congress is considering renewed efforts to shore up voting and election laws in the coming weeks. But in a sign of dissonance between Republicans and Democrats on the basic functions of U.S. democracy, the parties will unveil competing proposals.
Republicans in the House are increasingly threatening impeachment against President Joe Biden and his top Cabinet officials.
Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester is looking to win reelection in a race that could decide control of the Senate.
Federal regulators have cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus at the company’s Sioux Falls plant, an early hot spot for virus infections that hobbled American meatpacking plants.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem got some extra air time on Fox News last week during the Republican National Convention, after the state ran a $819,000 taxpayer-funded ad promoting tourism.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she will push for schools to stay open this fall but is disparaging any requirements for children to wear masks in classrooms.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has taken to social media to vaunt her response to the coronavirus pandemic and pitch herself as a leading conservative governor.
Many governors have broken from President Donald Trump on issuing stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of coronavirus or trying to restart economic activity.
Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has unveiled her plan to get South Dakota “back to normal. She advised schools and businesses to allow limited gatherings while still encouraging people to keep their distance from one another.