By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending ...

President-elect Donald Trump is setting the stage for his presidency after Congress narrowly avoided a federal government shutdown this week. Follow for live updates.

Trump-backer and richest person alive Elon Musk's role in almost forcing a government shutdown this week has revived calls ...

The Senate cleared a stopgap funding extension early Saturday shortly after a midnight deadline, staving off a partial ...

This week’s events were a preview of the perils of governing that face Trump and Republicans in Congress, despite their ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, worked with and against a Republican-controlled legislature on issues like ...

Johnson tried to placate Trump by bringing up a slimmed-down, 116-page version of the bill on Thursday. It included disaster relief, farm aid and the debt ceiling. Trump immediately backed it, calling ...

After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal. The ...

Congress averted a government shutdown late Friday evening as questions swirl about Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) future as ...

President-elect Donald Trump is setting the stage for his presidency after Congress narrowly avoided a federal government shutdown this week. Follow for live updates.

The drama over the budget bill highlighted the limits Donald Trump faces in bending his entire party to his will.