The Trump administration grabbed at the 'power of the purse' in Congress, using a little-known executive action that could ...

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

Legislators flock to Carson City for the 120-day lawmaking period. What to know about the party dynamics, priority legislation and more.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for a meeting with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., in Russell building on Wednesday ...

Top Senate Republicans want to pass their party’s wide-ranging agenda with two different acts by using a legislative process ...

From the column: "If issued under a valid claim of authority and published, executive orders have the force and effect of law." ...

Menendez was convicted in July on corruption charges after an FBI raid in 2022 uncovered $150,000 in gold bars and $480,000 ...