Former Missouri congressman Billy Long will be ceremonially sworn in as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on Friday, taking over a beleaguered agency that he once sought to abolish and that ...

Here’s the latest for the future of interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba:. David Wildstein reports that New Jersey’s district ...

The vulnerable Maine Republican is the chief Senate appropriator. Her colleagues may have put a deal with Democrats to fund ...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has emerged as one of the biggest wild cards in the Senate, keeping his ...

Congress approves a $9 billion spending cut targeting public broadcasting and foreign aid, overcoming GOP divisions despite ...

Northwest public radio and television stations were bracing for the fallout after an overnight vote by House Republicans that will rescind about $9 billion in funding Congress had already approved for ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including GOP's quest to sell the 'big ...

The retirement of longtime Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has set up a competitive primary for U.S. Senate in Illinois. The ...