Federal wildland firefighters secured new special salary pay tables at all levels through the six-month continuing resolution ...

When Congress passed a stopgap funding bill last week to keep the government running through September, one casualty was ...

After giving anti-earmark GOP conservatives a taste of austerity, it'll be hard to go back to the flush times, stakeholders fear.

Congressional appropriators, the lawmakers with jurisdiction over government funding, were once among the most powerful figures on Capitol Hill — tough and often-revered negotiators who struck ...

The Senate and House Appropriations Committees have long held enormous influence and power. But Hill spending leaders are ...

Trump has a trio of Kentucky Republicans to worry about, but Sen. Rand Paul manages to draw the least MAGA scorn — for now.

Amid the blizzard of breaking news, a familiar irritation poked through: ethnic labeling. The issue unexpectedly emerged last week while the Senate considered a stopgap federal funding bill to keep ...

Telehealth groups celebrated the extension, but added that the short-term reprieve means continued uncertainty for providers.

We shouldn’t be surprised to see some politicians play our divisions and suspicions against each other. The best we can do is ...

The dustup over the future of the Democratic Party and how lawmakers should blunt President Donald Trump’s grip on Washington ...

Senator Chuck Schumer has said he will not step down as he once again defended his decision to back a Republican-drafted ...