Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed Elon Musk's announcement that he is forming a new political party in response to President Trump signing his massive tax and spending plan that is expected to add trillions to the national debt.
Rep. Joaquin Castro said Sunday there should be an investigation into whether staffing shortages at the National Weather Service made it harder to respond to the devastating flash flooding in Central Texas.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that Republicans are confident President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will be an electoral winner in the 2026 midterm elections.
The Wisconsin Legislature pushed to pass a compromise state budget Wednesday, with Democratic votes expected to be needed to approve the deal reached between Gov. Tony Evers and majority Republicans.
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has energized the GOP to make the 33-year-old self-described Socialist-Democrat the troublesome new face of the Democratic Party.
The Senate’s version of the “one big, beautiful bill" includes a 1% tax on international cash transfers, which will have a major impact on immigrants working in the U.S.
Trump's Justice Department files emergency appeal to Supreme Court seeking to overturn rulings blocking the firing of three Biden-appointed Consumer Product Safety Commission regulators.
A Biden-appointed judge halted Trump's HHS reorganization that would have laid off as many as 20,000 employees after 19 Democratic attorneys general sued to block reforms.
Former Presidents Bush and Obama, along with U2's Bono, console USAID employees as the agency is shuttered amid Trump administration claims of fraud and mismanagement.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Trump's attempt to bar most illegal immigrants from making asylum claims at the southern border is illegal -- a decision that could blow a hole in the administration's border policies.
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses President Donald Trump's administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during an ongoing immigration crackdown that has put the region "under siege."
As Republicans in Congress rushed forward with a massive tax and spending cut bill, a North Carolina renewable energy executive wrote to his 190 employees with a warning: Deep cuts to clean energy tax credits were going to hurt.
The administration has asked the Supreme Court to step in and rule that President Trump can carry out his attempt to fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, saying a lower court's injunction is preventing him from having his team in place.
President Trump has broken his own record for border success, with the Department of Homeland Security reporting historically low numbers of unauthorized migrants trying to get into the U.S. in June.
