U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland led six of her Washington Democratic colleagues in sending a letter blasting the U.S. Department of Education.

The Senate Appropriations Committee sputtered Thursday as its consideration of the annual Justice Department funding bill was ...

In Washington, nearly one million people rely on SNAP benefits each month. With the new law in place, those benefits are ...

Nine months into the fiscal year, the Nez Perce Tribe is still waiting for money Congress approved months ago for contracts ...

We study the effects of debt-financed fiscal transfers in a general equilibrium, heterogeneous-agent model of the world economy. In the long run, increases in government debt anywhere raise the world ...

Agency says it is on pace to reduce its total staff by nearly 30,000 employees by the end of this fiscal year through ...

House Republicans overcame internal divisions to narrowly pass President Trump's tax and spending package Thursday afternoon.

The price of crude oil stabilized on Monday after Iran’s limited retaliation against U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear site and hopes Iran doesn’t disrupt the global flow of oil.

Democrats and Republicans in Congress say potential cuts to rural hospitals poison President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget bill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have suffered a sizable setback on one key aspect of President Donald Trump's big bill after their plans to gut the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and ...

Republicans have suffered a setback over their plans to gut the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau in President Donald Trump's big bill. It signals a tough road ahead as GOP leaders ...

Updated: Jun 18, 2025 / 04:55 PM EDT WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The Supreme Court in a 6-3 ruling cleared the way for a West Texas facility to store nuclear waste on Wednesday.