Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was the lone Democrat to vote for the continuing resolution to fund the government Tuesday. He ...

The House has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, now the bill is in the hands of the Senate.

Live updates and the latest news as U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum kick in and the Senate turns to a government funding bill to avoid a shutdown.

Republicans currently hold a 53-seat majority in the Senate. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has indicated that he won’t vote to ...

The power dynamic has changed once again in the Minnesota Legislature. What will change now that the house is split?

Congressional Republicans are pushing legislation that would make sweeping changes to voter registration, including requiring those signing up to present documents proving U.S. citizenship.

The governor called on Republicans to support a supplemental budget that failed to get enough support Tuesday night to enact it on an emergency basis.

Washington: The US House of Representatives approved a stopgap plan on Tuesday to avert a government shutdown that would pile more pain on the ...

A software engineer by trade, Gilchrist vaulted from relative political obscurity in 2018 to run alongside Gov. Gretchen ...

Democrat David Gottfried decisively won a special election in the north metro area Tuesday night, bringing the Minnesota ...

University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll illustrated, not for the first time, that the latest battle in Texas Republican leaders’ forever war on property taxes is fueled in part by many voters’ ...

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