The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of the federal government by passing a funding bill after ...

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact ...

Advocates are seizing the moment to call for change, urging Congress not to “get back in the city management business” before ...

The government funding bill that's headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax ...

Former Wyoming Sen. Alan K. Simpson, one of the most colorful lawmakers in recent congressional history, died Friday at age ...

The Senate is preparing to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl ...

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...

Should the New York strip steak be renamed the "Texas Strip" and take on the "official State Steak of Texas" honor? Or what ...

Sylvester Turner served as Houston mayor and in Congress after serving 27 years in the Texas House. He died March 4.

The White House has withdrawn its nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the director of the US Centers for Disease ...

New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s decision to not seek reelection marks the latest bit of tough luck for Senate ...