A series of Senate votes last week on changes to Social Security shows how difficult it will be for Congress to address the program's financial problems.

Outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.V.) slammed the Democratic Party as “toxic” and said the country is “not going left” as he winds down his tenure in the Senate. “The D-brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of, it’s just, it’s toxic,” Manchin said in an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju that aired Sunday. Manchin,...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) predicted in a Sunday interview that tech billionaire Elon Musk’s influence over President-elect Trump will end. “When does this end?” ABC News’s Jonathan Karl asked Christie on “This Week” of Musk’s influence on Trump. “It ends when Trump believes that something has gone wrong, and he needs someone...

In more than 20 states, the minimum wage is set to increase in the new year.

The stakes are not just financial — they’re profoundly human.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) didn't rule out Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s picks for Defense Secretary and head of the FBI, as nominees for their roles in an interview that aired Sunday. “You met with Pete Hegseth,” ABC News’s Jonathan Karl said in the “This Week” interview, with Fetterman responding that he “did.”...

Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) said on Sunday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made the government funding spending battle “way too complicated.” “I think he made it way too complicated,” McClintock said Sunday on NewsNation’s “The Hill.” The California Republican argued Johnson likes to have people “beat him up from time to time” but doesn’t think...

Sen.-elect John Curtis (R-Utah) said in an interview on Sunday that he will disagree with President-elect Trump on spending from “time to time.” “I want him to be wildly successful. I'm going to be wind at his back on things like inflation. I want him to bring peace around the world,” Curtis said on ABC...

The iSpace-Magna Petra agreement to start returning that isotope to Earth could be a small, first step that could spark a giant leap for a fusion energy economy that could transform human civilization for the better.

A host of lawmakers are set to take the Sunday show circuit in the wake of a government spending deal being reached to avoid a shutdown. Trump is also set to make remarks at "America Fest" hosted by Turning Point USA early Sunday afternoon after he and his allies blew up an initial spending deal...