A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday ...

Members of the Democratic National Committee are gathering in Maryland and the meeting will culminate Saturday with a vote for chair, where two clear frontrunners have emerged: Ken Martin, who leads ...

Democrats on Friday slammed President Trump over recent news reports that he is considering merging the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with the State Department. “It is ...

President Trump’s blizzard of actions elicited two very different responses from Senate and House Democrats — one ...

Nearly two-thirds say they back the idea of a Trump-style 'Department of Government Efficiency' to cut billions of pounds of spending on bureaucracy and 'non-jobs' such as diversity officers.