Biden could use his authority to grant commutations to convert existing federal death sentences into life in prison. That ...

President-elect Donald Trump is setting the stage for his presidency after Congress narrowly avoided a federal government shutdown this week. Follow for live updates.

Millions of Americans may see their Social Security benefits increase under a bill headed to President Joe Biden’s desk — ...

Despite abruptly deciding to spend his Christmas at the White House, President Joe Biden was absent from the government ...

The outcome was uncertain after US President-elect Donald Trump had insisted the deal include an increase in the government’s ...

House Republicans will meet behind closed doors at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss a new plan to avert a government shutdown -- as ...

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Saturday that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of ...

President Joe Biden has signed H.R. 10545, a continuing resolution that keeps the government funded for the first months of ...

Democrats and Republicans traded barbs and tried to evade blame, after Trump and Musk killed a bipartisan deal and threatened government shutdown.

President Biden signed a stopgap spending bill Saturday to keep the federal government funded and avoid a disruptive shutdown ...

The Senate approved the House-passed short-term government funding bill in a just-after-midnight vote by a vote of 85-11. The ...

The deal funds the government at current levels through March 14 and provides US$100 billion in disaster aid and US$10 ...