Republicans have long targeted the tax agency, and their cuts will hurt its efforts to go after rich tax evaders and improve the IRS’s functionality. It’s their second successful cut from President ...

President-elect Donald Trump threw his support behind Republican Mike Johnson amid a fight over House speakership that will ...

Legislation passed by the U.S. Congress on Dec. 21 to avoid a government shutdown did not contain any benefits for U.S.

To understand why Americans need Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and DOGE to succeed, look at the national debt – which has surpassed $36 trillion.

Government offices and economic analysts found that previous full and partial government shutdowns cost the U.S. multiple ...

WASHINGTON —Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending Dec. 24.

There are 12 appropriations bills that must pass each year and since members of Congress are sharply divided, this is ...

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. Along with this week’s roll call votes, the House ...

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In the wake of the near-shutdown, it seems that Trump’s second term could look almost exactly like his first term.

A bipartisan bill that would have provided health care for 9/11 first responders was excluded from the budget deal ...

President Biden signed stopgap spending legislation Saturday to avert a shutdown, extending government funding until March 14,while providing more than $100 billion in disaster and farm aid. The chanc ...