The outgoing Congress enacted fewer than 210 bills into law over the last two years, with most enacted in 2024.

Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a ...

"It's tough," Hulse replied. "The country is polarized; so, Congress is polarized. How do you get anything done? People are dug in." That was made clear this month as Congress narrowly averted a ...

Lawmakers in Washington are seeking to ban new sales of drones from two dominant Chinese manufacturers, arguing they could be ...

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Tucked among bill's more than 1,500 pages are tens of billions worth of added provisions, including a pay raise for lawmakers ...

Congress passed a bipartisan deal spending deal after Donald Trump and Elon Musk tanked an earlier bill. The government did ...

President-elect Donald Trump added a wrinkle to negotiations over a deal to fund the government when he called for an ...

The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is not required to be a member of Congress. The U.S. Constitution does not ...

Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would ...

The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit. By Alan Rappeport Alan Rappeport has covered debt limit fights during the ...

The Senate voted early Saturday morning to repeal two laws that prevent many public employees from receiving Social Security, ...