Trade wars sparked by retaliatory and escalating tariffs typically form in the grind of legislation, as happened with the ...

While Trump has abolished other agencies by executive order, he can't end the Education Department on his own because Congress created it in statute.

Several states are considering moves to change how they compensate people incarcerated after wrongful convictions.

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

D.C.’s financial fate was tied into a House stopgap funding bill that didn't include a provision to prevent cuts to the ...

Democrats have been sharply divided over the Trump-backed spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight.

Advocates are seizing the moment to call for change, urging Congress not to “get back in the city management business” before ...

The Senate is giving final approval to a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers.

The government funding bill that’s headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax ...

Washington is now fully set to avert a government shutdown after an up and down week that saw House Republicans offering a ...