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West Virginia Governor, Patrick Morrisey, took the podium for his first State of the State address. Morrisey outlined his administration’s priorities and vision for the future. While he emphasized ...

Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...

As Democrats ponder how best to position themselves for a looming spending confrontation, they are finding novel ways to put ...

The effort to name the House Press Gallery after abolitionist Frederick Douglass is getting a push forward as Rep. Byron ...

The Department of Energy has paused the firings of hundreds of employees who work for a key agency maintaining the U.S.

Republican leaders agreed to accept a tighter limit on tax cuts’ size if spending reductions miss their target.

The U.S. has roughly one month until the government runs out of money, and the talks to avoid that are a mess, writes Philip ...

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

The Republican-led Budget Committee approved a sweeping proposal to unlock Trump's agenda, sending it to the full House.

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) say the COVID-19 pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it ...

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