Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda Wednesday, Senate Leader John Thune convened his leadership team to navigate next steps.

It was a session when the high cost of housing and closely linked issues of local government powers took central stage, as ...

A number of accountability bills have sailed through legislative committee hearings. Others could use some last-minute public support.

To be effective and competent at the Legislature, legislators and their staff need time to gather knowledge, analyze it, ...

As the 2025 budget continues to generate reactions from various quarters, JOHN AMEH details the concerns from critics and how lawmakers have been responding to them.Nigeria has a new Appropriation ...

Amid a push by local leaders to conserve farmlands and open spaces in the Bay Area from future development, state senator David Cortese has introduced a bill that would shore up funding to preserve ...

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has asked the Supreme Court (SC) another five days or until Feb. 27 to submit the ...

Democrats who lead both chambers warned that the budget might need to be readdressed in the coming weeks, pending potential cuts to federal spending.

And finally one of the other sponsors, Rep John Bear, R-Campbell, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, stood up ...

This is arguably the last week of the Surge before Trump concedes the United States to Russia during negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Well, hopefully the food—what do ...

Trump and Republican congressional leaders could fumble their way into a prolonged and painful shutdown of the federal ...

Senators are chugging through an late-night budget “vote-a-rama,” a crucial, if dreaded, step toward President Donald Trump's ...