Congress returns, the Supreme Court takes up a redistricting case and President Donald Trump's teams holds high-stakes ...

Members of the House and Senate went home for their first full week of combined recess since the start of the year, and their staff had the run of Washington.

There is broad agreement among Republicans that the government, particularly the federal bureaucracy, is too bloated for its ...

District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair ...

Since the session began in January, Democratic leadership has been preparing for an estimated $12 billion deficit over the next four years. The new projection puts that number closer to $13 billion.

Washington — Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington. Lawmakers have until the end of the ...

In his second term, President Trump is trying to consolidate control over the courts, Congress and even, in some ways, ...

In a statement issued Thursday, March 20, Superintendent Chris Reykdal said in a prepared statement it isn't clear what the ...

An Eagle Scout, Pete Sessions graduated from Southeastern University and worked for Southwestern Bell before coming to Congress. A reliable conservative, he voted to impeach former President Bill ...

President Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.