The House passed a government funding bill, daring Senate Democrats to oppose it and risk a partial shutdown as stocks wobble ...

A proposal that would change Nebraska law to define app-based ride-share and food delivery drivers as independent contractors overcame the Legislature’s first filibuster of the year Wednesday as ...

Yhe bill calls on the Treasury Department to release $100 notes only featuring Trump’s face by the end of 2028.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he would like the tax cuts “bigger and bolder.” And Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, wrote on X Wednesday morning “I appreciate ...

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Because she and the others stayed on board, Republicans had the 33 votes needed to advance the bill past the first major filibuster of the 2025 legislative session. It advanced 33-16, with a ...

He stepped down from that position after the 2024 November election and was replaced by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. McConnell was known for using the filibuster to obstruct certain legislation or judicial ...

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has announced he will not seek reelection after more than four decades in office. McConnell, who turned 83 Thursday, announced that he would ...

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said the Trump administration has helped state forces effectively shut down illegal immigration along the Texas-Mexico border and touted a major decline in unlawful ...

Kentucky Fried Chicken will no longer be headquartered in its namesake state but will instead call Plano, Texas, its home base. Some 200 employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months ...