Parents resort to gas stoves or build fires for warmth inside their homes during power outages and subfreezing temperatures, with no relief in sight.

Senate Democrats are considering abandoning central tax elements of their social policy and climate package, as a key senator continues to oppose any increase in marginal rates for businesses,...

The announcement comes after the West Virginia senator blocked earlier legislation over inflation fears.

The recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, have renewed debate in Washington over how much any of the leading proposals to change gun laws would do to prevent such attacks.

Democrats hoping to resurrect the party’s economic agenda are facing a problem: Sen. Joe Manchin’s goal for raising tax rates clashes with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s opposition.

Democrats’ hopes of turning a tax and energy agreement with Sen. Joe Manchin into law now rest with another centrist Democrat in the 50-50 Senate with a history of foiling the party’s ambitions: Sen....

Treasury Secretary says the Federal Reserve likely wouldn’t accept a platinum coin if one were minted in an effort to avoid breaching the debt limit.

Rumors have spread that the Treasury secretary is an avid stamp collector, but she doesn’t pursue the hobby. She would rather have a mineral. ‘Stamps really don’t mean anything to Janet at all.’

Thousands of Ukrainian civilian fighters volunteer their service, including many from abroad, as authorities in Kyiv distribute rifles and others assemble Molotov cocktails and coordinate support.

While negotiations could still fall apart, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been discussing a package with the centrist West Virginian that could raise roughly $1 trillion in revenue and...

Facing the prospect that the government could remain closed for a while, some federal employees are bracing for the worst: deferring payments, filing unemployment claims and notifying landlords they...

With broader agenda stalled, Democrats pursue measure on out-of-pocket payments and seek possible compromise with Republicans.

Treasury officials prepare to change how the U.S. processes agencies’ payments if Congress doesn’t raise the limit in time.

A discussion draft marks a first attempt to put details on an idea that President Biden endorsed during last year’s campaign.

Democrats hoping to resurrect the party’s economic agenda are facing a problem: Sen. Joe Manchin’s goal for raising tax rates clashes with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s opposition.

The planned $2.5 trillion increase to the borrowing limit should push the next standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congress past next year’s midterm elections.

Twin setbacks on signature Democratic issues have cast a harsher spotlight on the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

House Republican leadership indicated on Wednesday they had White House support on their plan to put two immigration bills forward, but it was unclear if that would be enough for a bill to pass in...

The U.S. capital grapples with the coming departure of the giant beltway insiders–that have become part of life in Washington

The move to cut off Russia’s ability to make payments on its dollar-denominated sovereign debt will likely put it on a path towards defaulting on its foreign debts this summer.

Some lawmakers are exploring means-testing to slim down their $3.5 trillion healthcare, education, child-care and climate bill in the coming weeks.

Under the changes, Democrats will pare back elements of a minimum tax on corporations and drop a proposed tax increase on carried-interest income.

As the House weighed removing President Trump from office for last week’s violent riot, a small army was on hand to make sure another attack didn’t happen.

Democrats on Capitol Hill are pushing the White House to propose more generous and long-lasting jobless benefits on a permanent basis as part of the antipoverty package President Biden is expected to...