The latest economic report foreshadowing the negative impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs is giving congressional Republicans renewed impetus to move quickly on their “big, beautiful” tax cut bill. But if they do not offset the impact of the bill on the federal deficit, they risk making inflation worse and exacerbating price hikes. Voters, and […]
House Republicans are barrelling into a critical week for passing President Trump’s legislative agenda — even as they remain far apart on a number of key, hot-button issues. The House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over taxes, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid policy, are both scheduled to begin...
President Trump announced Sunday night that he plans to reduce pharmaceutical drug prices by 30% to 80% by establishing a "Most Favored Nation" policy.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pulled the airstrike information he posted into Signal chats with his wife, brother and dozens of others from a secure communications channel used by U.S. Central Command, raising new questions as to whether the embattled Pentagon head leaked classified information over an open, unsecured network.
The former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff are facing a federal criminal trial this week, where some old colleagues will be less friendly on the witness stand than others.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser tried to keep the focus on a groundbreaking ceremony for a new mixed-used development. But she couldn't help fielding a string of questions about the budget crisis hanging over the nation's capital city.
Counsel representing a coalition of parents fighting to opt their children out of LGBTQ-related curriculum says the case is "not a book ban case but a religious freedom one.
The House Oversight Committee referred former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, now a New York City mayoral candidate, to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly teased potentially running for a third term in the White House. What do Americans think? A new national poll has some answers.
In an ad Tuesday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee lampooned Democrats like Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who traveled to El Salvador to try to free Kilmar Garcia.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is slashing 132 offices around the world, saying the department had become bloated, bureaucratic and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission.
In an immigration appeals case, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s liberal justices Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling.
The International Monetary Fund slashed its 2025 growth forecast for the U.S. economy to 1.8%, a 0.9-point decrease from January, spurred by President Trump's trade actions and policy uncertainty.
Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their baby, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to let him out of detention to be present.
President Trump's effort to rebalance global trade will cause "profound changes" in the U.S. and other countries but will ultimately produce "great benefits" for Americans and partner nations such as India, Vice President J.D. Vance said Tuesday.
Fourth-term U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has launched her run for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday with a video focused on the economic crisis caused by President Donald Trump's volatile tariffs policies.
