New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has challenged Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) to a debate in her district after she was ...

Texas public schools are one step closer to receiving new state money after the Senate on Friday unanimously approved an $8.5 billion funding package, a deal born out of lengthy negotiations with ...

“For able-bodied adults, welfare should be a short-term hand-up, not a lifetime handout,” said the authors.

The massive tax and spending bill passed by U.S. House Republicans would likely result in 3.2 million people losing food ...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Kash Patel, ...

House Bill 431, sponsored by Rep. Emily Chenevert, R-Baton Rouge, would change Louisiana’s comparative fault statute, which ...

Efforts to ban congressional stock trading have gained traction in recent weeks, with President Donald Trump saying he ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune can afford to lose three Republican senators and still pass the bill, and there are more ...

It’s a sign of how cock-eyed the Washington debate has gotten that Republicans are nervous about the slight slowdown in Medicaid-spending growth in the “Big Beautiful Bill.” ...

NPR asked researchers, advocates, tax experts, a parent and a public school leader for their thoughts on this ...

State lawmakers plan to work through the Memorial Day weekend to finalize Minnesota’s next $66 billion, two-year budget, ...

The Republican tax and spending bill narrowly passed the House of Representatives early Thursday and now heads to the Senate.