The pressure now moves to the House, which is in recess, as the government enters at least a limited funding lapse.

Even if a partial shutdown occurs, FEMA would have about $7 billion to $8 billion in its disaster relief fund to respond, according to The Associated Press. Congress appropriated the money in a ...

Senate leaders were scrambling to save a bipartisan spending deal and avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday ...

President Donald Trump has nominated former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as chairman of the ...

North Carolina emergency officials said the coastal plains could get the greatest snowfall amounts of 8-12 inches. Coastal ...

Key Takeaways Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a Republican, has threatened to block President Donald Trump's pick to ...

The president can’t get his central bank pick confirmed without the Republican senator’s support — and Trump’s not getting it ...

Hard-right Republicans have criticized an agreement they see as capitulating to Democrats on their party’s strongest issue: ...

The fatal weekend shooting of an ICU nurse in Minnesota has ratcheted up debate about the Trump administration’s immigration ...

Rep. Destin Hall has been North Carolina’s House speaker for a year. Here’s more on his rise in the legislature.

The State Board of Elections has been investigating a complaint that one of the Republican candidates for North Carolina’s ...