A judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate hundreds of federal workers to their jobs, finding that several federal agencies unlawfully terminated them during the recent government ...

A new stopgap spending bill to reopen the government also extends key Farm Bill programs for one year—covering the provisions left out of July’s budget package. While the Senate waits on the House to ...

Lawmakers head into President Trump’s second year facing questions about whether they can reclaim congressional clout in the ...

With just days to spare, a renegade coalition of aldermen approved the spending portion of a budget opposed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. Opinion: How President Trump ruined Christmas A couple renovated ...

Legislation passed in Congress to end the extended government shutdown also opened the door for additional funding for several projects in the 14th Congressional District, including $1.9 million for ...

Some lawmakers want to adopt a new amendment to force Congress to come up with balanced budgets to keep the country’s ballooning deficit from continuing to spiral out of control and risk a debt crisis ...

Congress could force Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Defense Department to release "unedited video of strikes" conducted by the U.S. military against designated terrorist organizations, a new ...

Tucked into Congress’ massive defense policy bill is a provision that would limit Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget unless he provides the House and Senate Armed Services committees with ...

The 2026 general fund budget represents a 5.4% decrease from the $74.8 million 2025 budget The general fund budget is used to fund daily county operations LANCASTER − The Fairfield County ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Sunday unveiled an annual defense policy bill authorizing a record $901 billion in national security spending next year, billions more than President ...

PARIS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - France still has time to pass a budget before the end of the year and can pass special stopgap legislation to avoid a shutdown in spending if time runs out, Finance Minister ...

Lawmakers aim to send the bill, which authorizes $8 billion more than the White House requested, to the president’s desk by the end of the year. By Megan Mineiro Reporting from Washington The House is ...