Early US elites drafted the Constitution to check democratic uprisings that threatened the power of the ruling class. The ...

President Biden on Sunday signed a Social Security bill repealing two statutes that have diminished payouts to public sector ...

A bill filed by GOP Rep. Michael Hale would allow the Ten Commandments and other texts to be displayed in public schools.

States across the country are bracing for new laws set to take effect as early as Wednesday, including some that have stirred controversy.

States across the country are bracing for new laws set to take effect as early as Wednesday, including some that have stirred controversy.

WASHINGTON -- With a government shutdown narrowly avoided Friday night, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk. An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier this ...

who is heading up the new Department of Government Efficiency.___Associated Press writers Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Darlene Superville and Bill Barrow contributed to this ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday that would avert a midnight government shutdown, defying President-elect Donald Trump’s demand to also ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster ...

UPDATE (Dec. 21, 2024, 12:39 a.m. ET): By a 85-11 vote early Saturday morning, the Senate passed the bill funding the government through mid-March. The House voted Friday to pass a spending bill ...

The House of Representatives voted to keep the government afloat until mid-March on Friday evening after GOP infighting brought the country within hours of a lapse in federal funding. The bill ...

The bill does not include a demand from President-elect Donald Trump for a debt-limit increase. The US Congress averted a Christmastime government shutdown early Saturday after weeks of tense ...