Alan Simpson, an old school moderate Republican senator who helped craft major U.S. immigration reform in 1986 and made friends across the aisle, died on Friday in Cody, Wyoming, his family said in a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Party was fracturing Friday as a torrent of frustration and anger was unleashed at Senate ...

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

A lawsuit filed in Jackson County Circuit Court in late October 2024 alleges Missouri state Sen. Barbara Washington, a ...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, a former speaker of the House, broke with Schumer in encouraging lawmakers to follow the ...

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

Leading the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services presents a “monumental opportunity” to make the country healthier, Dr. Mehmet Oz told senators Friday at his confirmation ...

Dozens of House Democrats sent a letter to Schumer on Friday to express their “strong opposition” to his plan to back the ...

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

So you’re looking at a 1-2 punch: a very bad CR and then a reconciliation bill coming down which will be the final kick in the teeth for the American people. This legislation that the Republicans are ...

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott vetoed the 2025 midyear budget adjustment this morning. Last week, a conference committee between the House and Senate compromised on a deal that passed 5-1 and was approved by ...

Washington D.C. used to belong to its two neighbors — Maryland and Virginia — until the land was ceded by the states in 1790 to form the nation’s capital. Then In 1847, the part of the city that was ...