"The Trump administration is creating an unprecedented constitutional crisis prompted by actions from the OMB spending freeze ...

Courts have become Democrats' best chance of thwarting President Donald Trump's efforts to significantly downsize and reshape the federal government.

Though Republicans control the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, tight margins may help tether acceptance of federal power grabs to reality.

Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the rising cost of the military’s ...

As Democrats ponder how best to position themselves for a looming spending confrontation, they are finding novel ways to put ...

Smith is the second Democratic senator to announce their retirements ahead of the midterms in 2026, when the party wants to contend for the majority but faces obstacles.

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

Virginia Del. Dan Helmer is suing fellow Democrats who accused him of a 2018 sexual assault in June, days before he competed ...

More Democratic voters are pushing for the party to become more moderate after losing the White House and control of the ...

President Trump has advocated 'raking' forests, but his contract freeze has slowed that work on federal land, firefighters ...

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid—which began three weeks ...

Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on immigration ...