A statement by influential Chicago advocacy groups against Sen. Dick Durbin's vote, coupled with a climate group protest ...

Senate Democrats on Wednesday called for the president's pick for Social Security chief to have his nomination rescinded amid ...

Iowa programs will miss out on about $96 million in federal funding after Congress passed a stopgap funding bill that omitted ...

It may be playing with fire, but it’s the best hope the party has to extract concessions from a reckless Trump administration ...

Candidates for governor next year ― or U.S. Senate, or House, or local drain commissioner, have one thing to worry about, and ...

Congress returns to Washington on Monday after a week-long recess that featured controversial moves from the White House, raucous town halls in districts across the country and discussions about ...

Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week with a budget plan in place for the rest of fiscal 2025 but uncertainty over when ...

Chuck Schumer has shown leadership and good political judgement by urging U.S. Senators to vote for the House budget ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he will not step down from his position amid calls for him to do so after ...

The minority leader may have botched the politics of what was ultimately a sound decision. “A lot of people are pissed off,” ...

The budget deal in Congress cut off a funding source for local initiatives involving child care, health care and housing.

Passed largely along party lines, the bill removes the threat of a government shutdown by ensuring that state government ...