Trump’s latest budget maneuver — paying military salaries out of unrelated research funding — makes lawmakers’ appropriations authority practically irrelevant, critics argue.

Nearly 42 million people could be left without monthly food benefits if the federal government doesn't reopen before funding runs out.

President Trump announced a plan to boost in vitro fertilization as well as a deal to lower the price of a common fertility drug.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are pictured in the Capitol on Thursday.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., a Trump ally who leads the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, deferred to the White House when asked whether Capitol Police would be included in a ...

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Senate Democrats are bemoaning President Trump's willingness to let the government shutdown continue, rather than seeking a deal.

Lawsuit claims that firing federal employees during a shutdown is an unlawful abuse of power aimed at punishing workers, ...

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts announced Wednesday that he is launching a primary challenge against Sen. Edward J. Markey.

Hundreds of Hill staffers turn out to greet West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice’s pet bulldog at her 6th birthday party.

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