The scene outside Thursday’s Watertown Rotary luncheon turned raucous in the presence of South Dakota’s senior U.S. senator.

The Department of Government Efficiency has been busy making cuts to what Senator John Thune calls a federal budget steeped ...

Saturday marked 100 days of the new Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, and we’ve been keeping our foot on the gas.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate, once again, was working into the early morning hours Friday with its new majority leader, ...

When Trump announced the 25% auto tariffs on March 27, he described them as “permanent.” His hard lines on trade have become ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday changed course on his tariff policy, instituting a 90-day pause in higher taxes for most countries while ramping up the rate against China to 145%. On Capitol Hill, ...

Asked if he would be open to pausing the tariffs to allow for negotiations, Trump responded, "We're not looking at that." Trump said the U.S. has "many, many, countries that are coming to negotiate ...

Following a chaotic week on Wall Street, Rep. Jake Auchincloss said the president’s sudden tariff reversals after crashing stock and bond markets “made the United States look weak in front of our ...

The 2017 tax cuts are likely to be renewed, not expire at the end of the year, thus avoiding a $4.5 trillion tax hike.

Senate Republicans are deeply divided over demands by House conservatives to cut at least $1.5 trillion, and possibly more, ...

After House conservatives balked on Wednesday, Senate Republican leaders said they would agree to stricter spending cuts.