It's become tradition. Congressional leaders from both major political parties blame each other for a potential government shutdown as the budget year draws to a close.
The Federal Reserve is expected to leave its short-term interest rate unchanged on Wednesday for the fifth straight meeting, a move that will likely underscore the deep divide between how Chair Jerome Powell and his chief critic, President Donald Trump, see the economy.
Chinese and U.S. trade officials arrived for a second day of meetings in the Swedish capital Tuesday to try to break a logjam over tariffs that have skewed the pivotal commercial ties between the world's two largest economies.
The Environmental Protection Agency will move Tuesday to rescind the endangerment finding, an Obama-era label that declared carbon emissions and greenhouse gases a threat to public health and welfare and paved the way for $1 trillion in government regulations aimed at mitigating climate change.
Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock (Ga.) and Dick Durbin (Ill.) are set to reintroduce the Senate version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025, which would replace the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The duo introduced a similar bill last year seeking to "strengthen our democracy by reestablishing preclearance for jurisdictions with a pattern...
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said talks with China are "going in the right direction" as negotiators in Washington and Beijing try to break an impasse on tariffs. “Obviously, we've had a lot of tensions over the years. We've had tensions now. But the fact that we are regularly meeting with them to address these...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Transporation Secretary Sean Duffy are speaking Tuesday morning about legislative efforts to ensure aviation safety, including reauthorization and modernization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Following a slew of aviation accidents this year, Duffy called for a massive update to the FAA and air traffic control system's antiquated technology and...
Russia has continued its offensive, killing at least 22 people in Ukraine by launching ballistic missiles and glide bombs into multiple cities despite President Trump’s threats to slap sanctions and shorten the timeline for Moscow to agree to a ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 73 cities and villages came under Russia’s overnight attack,...