The United States borrowed $255 billion in the first month of fiscal year 2025, according to the latest Monthly Budget ...

Congress: funding and leadership battles ahead Fed cuts rates; Powell won’t resign under Trump Trump names Susie Wiles to top ...

Republican electoral wins in both the presidential race and the Senate are changing the game on government funding, as ...

Republicans have won the Senate and are poised to maintain power in the House. That's good news for President-elect Trump and his agenda.

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The presidential election is upon us, offering Americans two distinct visions for the next executive branch -- but when it comes to spending and the U.S. deficit, are the two major-party candidates ...

The goal of the committee Musk has been talking about would be to find federal spending that could be eliminated in an effort ...

Opponents of Ohio Issue 1 say voters should stick to the status quo for drawing congressional and state legislative lines. “It’s hard to argue that the status quo is good," said Jim Slagle ...

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) and former Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX), his challenger in the 2024 race to represent Texas’s 34th Congressional District, participated in a debate hosted by CBS4 ...

Congressional leaders in the House and Senate are privately negotiating a deal to address increasing concerns about artificial intelligence, and they’re hoping to move a bill in the lame-duck ...

Editor’s note: Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Stay informed with OPB on the presidential race, key congressional battles and other local contests and ballot measures in Oregon and Southwest ...

U.S. officials and members of Congress from both parties seized on Sinwar’s demise to push a much wider agenda. Sinwar had been described before his killing as a major obstacle to a ceasefire in ...