Fiscal hawks warn that deficits produce higher inflation rates and higher interest rates that harm the poor the most.

U.S. Reps. Michael Rulli and Dave Joyce, Republicans who represent Eastern Ohio, along with two House Democrats, reintroduced legislation for a five-year study of the long-term health impacts caused ...

Trump’s idea of remaking Gaza as a real estate development is not a complete outlier in the long, troubled history of U.S. intervention in the Middle East.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, said Sunday that she doesn't think Republicans have the support in Congress to approve the Trump administration's gutting of federal agencies and programs, ...

The declaration by the vice president came as court orders have temporarily blocked parts of the Trump administration’s ...

Republican skepticism in the Senate of President Donald Trump’sCabinet nominees has been worn down, putting his ...

Minnesota House leaders reach a deal, ending a three-week standoff over power-sharing, legislative control, and a looming ...

U.S. efforts to put carbon dioxide from power plants and industrial facilities underground where they won't contribute to ...

The authors of several letters published Feb. 3-9, 2025, take umbrage with Elon Musk's actions in the new government.

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