South Dakota schools offered contracts to teachers in April. That’s required by law. The problem is that federal funding needed to pay those contracts is held up by a dispute in Washington. Yankton ...

A GOP-controlled House committee has unveiled a new spending bill that contains provisions to block the Justice Department ...

Funds to pay contracted attorneys dried up July 3, according to the Federal Public Defender's Office in North Dakota and South Dakota. That could result in delays for justice and harm to defendants.

Letter to Canada signed by Minnesota congresspeople one more example of how crass and shallow we've become, even in moments ...

Republican Christopher Prosch has been outspoken about his belief that rape victims should have to carry their pregnancies to ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been imploring his colleagues for decades to gut a crucial part of the iconic ...

"I think this is going to be the next blockbuster moment on Capitol Hill," said WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.

President Donald Trump said Monday he would punish Russia with ''biting'' tariffs if there isn't a deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days. He made the announcement during an Oval Office meeting ...

In addition to the tariff threat, European allies plan to buy military equipment and then transfer it to Ukraine.

Ameren also seeks to build its first large lithium-ion battery facility on the Jefferson County site of its former coal-fired ...