WASHINGTON − Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill to avert a government shutdown that would have left thousands of federal employees furloughed just days before the winter holidays.

Congress may be a long way from New York (and way off Broadway), but it is not shy about borrowing show biz techniques. Gimmicks abound in this political theater in the round dome. Rose’s ...

Find your channel here. Get 24/7 fact-based unbiased news coverage with the NewsNation app. (NewsNation) — After U.S. Rep. Kay Granger’s five-month absence from Congress came to light, some Americans ...

14, 2022, and before the next Congress convened in January 2023. The 118th Congress could begin passing a flurry of noncontroversial items, such as bills to rename post offices. But at the top of ...

One of the most controversial pieces of the short-term government funding bill that Elon Musk helped tank last week was a provision that would have allowed members of Congress to receive a modest ...

That was the last vote of the 118th Congress. When the Senate returns in a few weeks, on Jan. 3, Republicans will be in charge. Democrats will be cut down to 47 seats. Sens. Joe Manchin ...

Congress has just 10 days until government funding is set to run out, and lawmakers don’t have a deal to keep the lights on during the holidays. Members on both sides of the aisle expect the ...

A Christmas Day social media brawl between President-elect Donald Trump’s backers in Silicon Valley and the MAGA base highlighted the looming battle facing the incoming White House and Congress ...

Washington — Congress returns this week from a Thanksgiving recess with a number of priorities to get through before the end of the year, while a deadline to fund the government looms over ...

The so-called CRs have recently been the tool of choice for Congress to extend federal funding authority absent the approval of full fiscal year bills. Congress is working to clear for President ...

After several election cycles of progress in expanding the number of women in Congress, and following a record-breaking cycle for female governors, the 2024 election saw this progress stall ...

H-E-B officially reopened its newly constructed South Congress Avenue store Wednesday morning. The multilevel, 145,000-square-foot building replaces the longest-standing H-E-B in Austin and more ...