President Trump to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday in a speech that follows decades of memorable moments inside the U.S. Capitol building.

The rising federal deficit, which is driven entirely by spending growth, is out of control. Last year, for the first time ever, the federal government spent more on interest payments on debt, $950 billion, than it did on defense, $826 billion, which is a data point in a lamentable category of shocking but also inevitable. […]

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) office is running a digital ad in Washington, D.C.’s Union Station to recruit laid-off federal employees to work for New York State amid the Trump administration’s efforts to slim down the federal government.  The ad, which started running Monday at digital director displays in Union Station, features an image...

President Donald Trump criticized his former national security advisor and said the U.S. government should spend less time worrying about Russian President Vladimir Putin.