Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district ...

Michael G. Peterson says the country is racing toward $40 trillion in debt.

Government shutdown looms as Senate battles over DHS funding package, with a test vote scheduled for Thursday.

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Funding for the Department of Homeland Security and several other U.S.

A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.

Hard-right Republicans have criticized an agreement they see as capitulating to Democrats on their party’s strongest issue: ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday that Democrats won’t help Republicans pass a funding bill to reopen the government if they attempt to fast-track the measure ...

Maryland Democrats are barreling toward a standoff over a redistricting proposal that could hand the party all of the state’s eight congressional seats. Democrats in the state House could pass a ...

R.I., said permitting talks could resume if the Trump administration stops its moves to thwart wind and solar projects.

Eight Republican senators joined every Democrat on Thursday to block a government spending bill, as a dispute continues over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The bill fell short of the ...

Democrats scored a stunning upset on Saturday in a special election runoff for Texas Senate, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, giving the party a major boost ahead of the November ...