Democrats appear on the cusp of voting to avoid a shutdown because they fear the consequences of standing up to the Trump administration could be worse.

The leading Democrats in the House are ramping up the pressure on Senate Democrats to oppose the GOP’s spending bill, warning ...

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Republicans on Saturday rolled out a long-term stopgap funding bill, challenging Democrats to accept it or risk a partial ...

Members of the New Jersey Legislature heard from energy industry advocates who say the Garden State doesn't have adequate ...

Officials of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) should be careful in issuing statements on various issues as these ...

A security guard at an Arizona hospital was shot and wounded over the weekend, and the man suspected in the attack was ...

Kash Patel, the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, went to Capitol Hill to attend to the formality of his ...

December 6, 1907 - Worst coal mine disaster in US history: 362 miners are killed in an explosion at the Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 coal mines in Monongah, West Virginia. December 19, 1907 - An explosion ...

Russian news agencies say that Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Moscow for high-level talks. It's the latest sign of the expansive diplomatic role the businessman and longtime ...

In today’s Daily Kickoff, we look at how American pro-Israel groups are differing from Jerusalem in their views of the new ...

President Donald Trump gave the measure his seal of approval ... Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who’s already said he’ll vote for it — to avert a partial government shutdown. Senate ...