Politics Jan 31

South Carolina GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy says he will not run for re-election and will "instead be returning to the judicial system."…

Politics Jan 29

WASHINGTON — Veteran Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, the powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election and will retire at the end of his term.

Politics Jan 24

Leaders conceded that the effort won't be easy and were already casting blame should the effort falter.

Politics Jan 23

Republican Sen. John Cornyn called the move "a step backward."…

Politics Jan 22

The vote set the stage for hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return on Tuesday, cutting short what could have become a messy and costly impasse. The House approved the measure shortly thereafter, and President Donald Trump later signed…

Politics Jan 18

A look at past shutdowns and what will happen if Congress fails to pass a short-term spending bill by midnight Friday.

Politics Jan 03

The session in the office of House Speaker Paul Ryan came with little more than two weeks before the next threatened government shutdown. Topping the agenda was an effort to spare both the Pentagon and domestic Cabinet agencies from spending…

Politics Dec 22

President Donald Trump signed a temporary spending bill into law on Friday to avert a government shutdown after the Republican-led Congress did the bare minimum in a sprint toward the holidays and punted disputes on immigration, health care and the…

Politics Dec 21

President Donald Trump is expected to sign the measure.

Politics Dec 21

Failure to pass the temporary spending measure would trigger a government shutdown at midnight Friday, which would amount to a political pratfall just after the GOP scored a major win on the landmark tax bill.