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The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), Washington, D.C.’s leading nonpartisan budget watchdog, has sharply criticized the…

WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump met with his Cabinet on Thursday as the federal government shutdown dragged on…

More than a quarter million federal employees didn’t receive their scheduled paychecks this week as the US government…

Attorney General Pamela Bondi repeatedly declined to answer questions from Democratic senators during a Senate oversight hearing Tuesday…

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The AUKUS submarine pact may need “commonsense” action from both Australia and the US to make it more…

President Donald Trump on Monday threw a potential lifeline to Democrats holding out for an extension of expiring…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi defended herself against Democratic criticism that she had weaponized the Justice…

White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett talks to reporters on the West Wing driveway at the White…

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is sending Congress home while a newly elected congresswoman—who is a key…

The largest federal employees union filed a lawsuit accusing the US Department of Education of unlawfully inserting partisan…

Republican Senator Thom Tillis slammed the Trump administration’s blatant targeting of blue states as lawmakers dig in, forcing…

$1.8 trillion deficit revealed during ‘pointless and wasteful government shutdown,’ budget watchdog says