Van Hollen, 66, got his start in politics as a staffer for former Maryland U.S. Sen. Charles Mathias in the 1980s, going on ...

The scene outside Thursday’s Watertown Rotary luncheon turned raucous in the presence of South Dakota’s senior U.S. senator.

Following Trump’s firing of Democratic commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission and the director of the National Security Agency, The Dispatch asked Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill whether ...

Saturday marked 100 days of the new Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, and we’ve been keeping our foot on the gas.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate, once again, was working into the early morning hours Friday with its new majority leader, ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday changed course on his tariff policy, instituting a 90-day pause in higher taxes for most countries while ramping up the rate against China to 145%. On Capitol Hill, ...

White House senior counselor Peter Navarro defends the Trump administration's trade and tariff policies on 'Jesse Watters ...

Asked if he would be open to pausing the tariffs to allow for negotiations, Trump responded, "We're not looking at that." Trump said the U.S. has "many, many, countries that are coming to negotiate ...

Republicans narrowly got their budget plan over the finish line. Now comes the hard part. WASHINGTON — Republicans narrowly got their budget plan over the finish line. Now comes the hard part.

Holdouts said they voted in favor only after getting reassurances from GOP leaders that the final bill will include higher spending cuts.

Washington — The House on Thursday adopted a budget blueprint for President Trump's agenda after Republican leaders scrambled to convince GOP holdouts who want deeper spending cuts to back it.

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework on Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had refused to ...