A retired firefighter, Sen. Kelly Seyarto has advocated to be more involved in disaster management work. A new committee ...

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall explains why you should want Dr. Edward Simmer, Gov. Henry McMaster’s nominee to be the ...

Congress has surrendered its power to declare war and control federal spending to the executive branch, giving President ...

Regarding the March 15 front-page article “ Democratic split widens as Senate averts shutdown ”: ...

The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Ireti Kingibe, on Friday, promised to champion the probe of sexual harassment allegation raised by Kogi Central lawmaker ...

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be ...

Host Jake Tapper pressed the senator on the legality of the move, since the judge ordered the administration to turn deportation flights around and bring people back to the U.S. while it plays out ...

WASHINGTON – Ten Senate Democrats joined with most of their GOP colleagues on Friday to advance a government funding bill, averting a partial shutdown of major federal services beginning at ...

The Senate passed a GOP-backed spending plan to keep the government up and running through September, almost certainly averting a government shutdown, with multiple Senate Democrats—including ...

Congress has been unable to pass the annual appropriations bills designed to fund the government, instead passing short-term extensions. House Democratic leaders who essentially held the line ...