District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the ...

House Republicans advanced a stopgap bill Tuesday to fund the government until October, putting moderate Senate Democrats in ...

President Donald Trump helped Speaker Mike Johnson, who is from Louisiana, pass a bill through the House to avert a ...

Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.

The Department of Education began the process Tuesday of reducing staff by thousands of employees—the latest round of ...

Day schools, synagogues and summer camps ready their coffers to offer financial assistance to families in need ...

Senate Democrats are split on backing a bill to avoid a government shutdown. New today: The GOP needs eight Democratic ...

A new report found Alaska was the most "federally dependent" state in the nation. See where Washington ranked.

Several Republicans remain undecided and the vice president, who is President Donald Trump’s legislative liaison, is expected ...

House Republicans passed a critical test of their unity on legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown, teeing up a ...

The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...