President Donald Trump is using the power of the federal government to intimidate or neuter potential sources of opposition ...

GOP leaders still need a critical ruling on their tax plan. But they’re racing to show progress after weeks of delays.

The longtime New York senator drew the ire of many state progressives when he reversed his position on House-passed effort to ...

Jon Ossoff, the nation’s most endangered Senate Democrat, sees a path for reelection in a state President Donald Trump won in ...

A key focus is Medicaid, with several GOP lawmakers arguing that it serves as a "magnet" for illegal immigration.

A divided Washington State Senate on Saturday approved a hike in the state’s gas tax and a two-year budget that hinges on ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are pushing hard to get that “big, beautiful bill” onto ...

Mr. Schumer recently argued in a Times Opinion guest essay that his decision to vote for the spending bill was the better of ...

Lawmakers are looking at reimbursing the Statehouse’s sergeant-at-arms for an X-ray machine used to scan bags during higher security risk days.

The top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee joined her Democratic counterpart, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, ...

The cuts will enable the state to absorb the rising costs of Medicaid and fully fund K-12 for another year. But they didn’t ...

MONTPELIER — The Vermont House on Friday passed its version of the state budget for the 2026 fiscal year, including a proposal that would let top lawmakers access more state dollars to plug feared ...