The bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 set statutory spending caps for defense and nondefense spending. Surpassing ...

William A. Read’s “Indian Place Names in Alabama” tells us that Tombigbee comes from Choctaw words meaning “box makers” or “coffin makers.” He follows the “coffin makers” line of thinking and reports ...

Speaker, Trump promote funding bill  Musk is ground zero for DOGE challenges Are courts the guardrails against “King” Trump?

A report released Thursday by Democrats details how many people in each state would lose access to Medicaid if Republicans in Congress were to cut the program by one-third.

Perennial efforts to allow different forms of gambling, such as a lottery, and legalize adult recreational marijuana use, ...

To win elections, Democrats have to appeal to average American voters and develop fresh leaders to become the faces, voices ...

Don McLaughlin isn’t shy about speaking his mind and has disagreed with victims’ families and fellow Republicans. Now he ...

The wrangling over an extension of government dominates the agenda for both the House and the Senate this week.

General Assembly has ended and legislators sent Gov. Glenn Youngkin a modest bill that would allow all workers in Virginia to ...

Funding for the federal government runs out at the end of Friday, and the race is on for Congress to avoid a shutdown. In a ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial ...