Among Democrats on Capitol Hill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wields far more power than New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. But the progressive champions ...

House Republicans are in the final rounds of negotiations over a sweeping budget plan that has been significantly influenced ...

Moody's downgraded the U.S. sovereign credit rating on Friday due to concerns about the nation's growing, $36 trillion debt ...

It’s not really about the books. President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials at the Library of Congress and ...

The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste ...

The US lost its triple-A credit score with Moody's on Friday, with the credit ratings firm citing rising federal debt and ...

Moody’s was the last among major ratings agencies to keep a top, triple-A rating for US sovereign debt, though it had lowered its outlook in late 2023 due to wider fiscal deficit and higher ...

Lawmakers and advocates on the right and left are raising questions about a provision in legislation a powerful U.S. House ...

Moody's on Friday downgraded the credit rating of the United States by a notch to "Aa1" from "Aaa", citing rising debt and ...

It comes as Trump’s budget request proposes reducing spending for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

House committees have labored on the legislation, which runs a whopping 1,116 pages and is titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill ...

The U.S. Justice Department plans to press ahead with a merger of its two agencies that investigate drug and firearms ...