As in an earlier Senate plan, the new framework also calls for $150 billion in new defense spending and $175 billion for ...

President Donald Trump's plan to demolish the existing global economic order by enacting a new tariff regime sent U.S. stocks to their steepest plunge since 2020. Trump appeared unperturbed, though.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department began to lay off thousands of workers Tuesday, part of a reorganization plan under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that will eliminate roughly ...

Good evening. Sen. Cory Booker just set the record for the longest speech in Senate history, holding the floor of the chamber for more that 24 hours in protest against Trump administration ...

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker just set a new record for the longest speech in Senate history, breaking the mark set by Sen. Strom Thurmond, a South Carolina segregationist, who in 1957 spoke for 24 ...

Happy Monday! We're just a couple of days away from what President Donald Trump has dubbed "Liberation Day" - the day he unveils sweeping new tariffs. We've got a look at why this might be a ...

A closely watched measure of how Americans are feeling about their personal finances and the future of the economy shows they are growing increasingly worried amid persistent inflation, a rapidly ...

The Trump administration notified Congress on Friday that, after months of cuts, it is effectively shuttering what’s left of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the arm of the federal ...

Welcome to the weekend! Next week promises to bring lots of news on tariffs and developments in the push by congressional Republicans for a compromise budget blueprint, which reportedly is being ...

The federal government could run short on funds in August or September if lawmakers fail to raise or suspend the debt ceiling before that time, the Congressional Budget Office warned in a new ...

We're only halfway through the week, but it's shaping up to be a newsy doozy. Here's the latest. Democrats Fume as Trump Admin Downplays Signal Chat Debacle The security breach that's been dubbed ...

The national debt is set to “grow far beyond any previously recorded level over the next 30 years,” the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. At the same time, the nonpartisan budget ...