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The Senate's budget blueprint has triggered a fight over wiping away the cost of tax-cut extensions in a bid to make them permanent.

Staffing cuts at the National Park Service are emerging as a test of public support for efforts to slash the federal workforce.

Senate Democrats express concerns over Russell Vought, Trump's OMB nominee, citing his conservative ties and views.

Past efforts to ban lawmakers from trading or owning individual stocks have withered, but some see an opening with Donald Trump as president.

The Senate voted to take up a bill that would impose stricter measures on undocumented migrants who commit certain crimes.

Moves to advance three resolutions, which would have halted recent sale of $20bn in US weapons to Israel, all failed

Senate appropriators are facing what could be a major shake-up in subcommittee leadership after the upcoming elections.

This week, there’s a certain irony to our newsletter being called “At the Races.” And no, it’s not because Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader who was banned from baseball for betting on the Cincinnati Reds, died​ Monday at age 83. Betting on the outcome of the congressional…

A bipartisan proposal from HSGAC Chair Gary Peters and James Lankford would create a dashboard to track the status of roughly 1,300 Senate-confirmed positions.