The downgrade, announced on Friday evening, came only hours after a handful of Republicans on the US House of Representatives' budget committee blocked progress of President Donald Trump's tax and spe ...

The US has lost its triple-A credit rating from a major agency as mounting government debt led congressmembers said the ...

In a news release, Guthrie, the comitteee chair, heralded the committee’s plan, (which also cuts in green energy and other ...

President Donald Trump's budget bill faced a setback as Republican divisions led to its defeat in the House Budget Committee.

A House measure that would make it easier to yank the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that the Trump administration deems as ...

A new Congressional Budget Office analysis confirms that Republican-led proposals to slash Medicaid could strip health coverage from up to 8.6 million Americans, prompting sharp criticism from ...

House Republicans' tax bill will include significant relief for senior citizens, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith ...

President Trump is returning from a Middle East trip where he was feted by foreign leaders to find his legislative agenda on shaky ground on Capitol Hill. Republican lawmakers are squabbling over ...

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, a politics newsletter that, like RFK Jr., dutifully puts on its blue jeans and ...

The credit rating of the United States received a potentially costly downgrade Friday, as the ratings firm Moody's determined that the government's fiscal outlook had deteriorated as a result of ...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson and his chief lieutenant, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, both of whom favor ...

NPR has identified nearly 40 small, independent entities – both inside and outside the federal government's control – that a ...