The party’s Senate leader said the GOP measure is better than enduring a shutdown, ahead of this weekend’s deadline.

Many Senate Democrats in states that voted for President Donald Trump plan to vote against the Republican-led government ...

Polls show that small-business optimism has plummeted in the wake of Trump’s tariff rollercoaster. The National Federation of ...

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died at 93.

A plain-spoken, sometimes cantankerous lawmaker, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, ...

Mehmet Oz will stand before the Senate Finance Committee in his confirmation hearing to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

Initiative 2081, signed by over 448,000 people and commonly referred to as the "Parents’ Bill of Rights," was adopted by the Washington Legislature in 2024.

House Bill 1175 would have required cities across Washington to allow cafes and stores in all residential areas, superseding ...

President Trump continued to threaten tariffs as DOGE continued its cuts of the federal workforce. It was another ...