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Republicans in Congress are set for another internal skirmish, this time over how much money to cut from a slew of programs ...

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue unwinding the Education Department ...

A proposal before the Senate to strip funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting could be catastrophic for local ...

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has filed a notice of appeal challenging the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which ordered the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the upper ...

The Justice Department appeared to acknowledge in an unusual statement this week the existence of investigations into former ...

WA has joined 24-state lawsuit against the Department of Education for withholding $7 billion funding various after-school, ...

After the first hearing at the Capitol, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said a subsequent hearing will take place in Kerrville, Texas, July 31 for residents of the area to testify before the committee.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is asking an inspector general to review the cost of the central bank's building ...

Trump nominee Emil Bove’s record of court defiance and loyalty raises serious concerns about his independence and a potential SCOTUS seat.

Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is now law and Colorado Democrat Brittany Pettersen, who voted against it in the US ...

The explanatory report accompanying the 148-page House bill is particularly interesting for all the love it bestows on ...