Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) on Monday sounded alarm over what she described as a "$1.1 billion problem" in a plan rolled out by House Republicans to keep the government funded beyond a Friday shutdown deadline and into September. In remarks outside of Congress on Monday afternoon, Bowser called on lawmakers to change the...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is likely covered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a federal judge ruled late Monday, rejecting the Trump administration’s position that the group does not have to respond to public records requests. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper found DOGE exercises substantial authority independently of the president, which makes...

A cargo ship struck a tanker Monday in a fiery crash in the North Sea off the coast of eastern England, causing fuel to stream into local waters. The tanker, named the MV Stena Immaculate, which carries oil and chemicals and features the U.S.’s flag, had been close to the port of Grimsby and at...

Congressional Democrats rolled out their own short-term funding patch to keep the government running beyond Friday's shutdown deadline, as House Republicans barrel forward with a Trump-endorsed plan in the face of staunch opposition from the other side of the aisle. The bill would keep the government funded through April, a sharp contrast to the roughly...