It has been a week since Congress passed the Republicans' major budget act. But what’s in it and how it will affect Americans' day-to-day lives remains a mystery to most. Congressional correspondent ...

The impact of the massive spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day is expected to filter down ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders at a “multilateral lunch” as their region reels from the ...

President Trump’s signature second-term legislative agenda is hitting the courts. His “big, beautiful bill” is a boon for Second Amendment groups, who say it aids their quest to ...

Musk is betting big on a simple truth: that people are tired of politics as usual. He thinks they want disruption, the kind that doesn't just drain the swamp but uploads it to the cloud.

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

President Trump signed a bill that throws unprecedented amounts of money at ICE, extends tax cuts for the wealthy, and ...

Over the years - and with considerable bluster and demagoguery - DeSantis' political strategy has been to reflexively blame ...

One Big Beautiful Bill’s passage gives government the money for big moves in shipbuilding and shipping. Does it have the manpower?

It is now official; tech billionaire Elon Musk has formed the America Party. He conducted a poll on X.com asking his ...