The Michigan Capitol building in Lansing. Closed-door negotiations continued Wednesday with seemingly little to no progress toward a deal to end the budget impasse at the state Capitol less than a ...

The House and Senate appropriations committees each approved their own versions of the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Defense Appropriations Act in July, which means that, as lawmakers return from ...

The shutdown stalemate that has dragged on in the Senate officially ended late Monday night, and it places Congress on a path to reopen the government later this week. Senators advanced a bipartisan ...

Senate Republicans say President Trump has made it clear he doesn’t want a government shutdown, and they’re urging House GOP lawmakers to tone down their approach to the Sept. 30 funding deadline.

The House Rules Committee has greenlit a Senate-passed bill that would reopen the government, bringing it a step closer to a final vote in the House as early as Wednesday afternoon. In an 8-4 party ...

Senate Republicans are miffed that their House counterparts are leaving Washington early while they remain for at least another week and a half, despite already spending more time in session this year ...

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A small band of Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on Monday night to approve a funding measure to reopen the federal government — without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an extension ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously on Wednesday to repeal a controversial provision allowing senators to sue federal investigators ...

The House on Wednesday formally sent the Epstein bill to the Senate, the final procedural move before the legislation can be sent to President Trump for his signature. After the House passed the ...

A Senate provision in a major spending package to end the partial government shutdown has rattled House Republicans and given new political ammunition to Democrats seeking to defeat the measure. A ...

The House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would compel the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a watershed moment on ...