The man the Observer spoke to is worried about his mother, who is still trapped in Afghanistan. She has long been his ...

These bills have been under the radar at the NC General Assembly — for now. What they are and their chances of becoming law.

The hearing falls on a busy day in Washington as Congress has until midnight to pass a spending bill to avoid a government ...

If you were told that renewable energy is to blame for soaring electric bills this winter, you’ve been lied to.

Republicans will, of course, try to blame Democrats if we have a government shutdown. But a shutdown could not happen if Trump really had a mandate.

An intense debate erupted in the Liberian Senate over the delayed release of budgetary allocations to public health ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led government funding bill that already passed the House but failed to slap ...

The US government was hours from shutting down Friday as Democrats smarting over President Donald Trump's spending cuts threatened to block his federal funding plans -- although hopes were high ...

One of the arguments Republicans have made against the state’s electric school bus mandate has been the cost to area school districts. A top Democrat in the state Senate wants to address that ...

Much ink has already been spilled on the antisemitism crisis plaguing the United States. As the new Trump administration ...

As people all over this country understand, we are a nation that faces enormous crises. Sadly, the continuing resolution ...

The U.S. State Department said it will install a senior diplomat to oversee its 1,300-strong embassy in Beijing and consulates in China while Washington's ambassadorial pick David Perdue awaits Senate ...