US Chamber President and CEO Suzanne Clark, in setting out a big-sweep defense of capitalism and economic growth Thursday, said voters' frustration over rising costs has led some seek socialist policies.

President Donald Trump's moves to tackle economic issues worrying US voters have so far amounted to recycling several long-standing Democratic proposals.

Behavioral health services are dealing with whiplash after the Trump administration reversed a decision to terminate $2 billion in discretionary grants to their services.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will delay a special election until August to fill a vacant House seat that favors a Republican, creating more complications for House GOP leaders operating with a slender majority.

Federal regulators ruled Friday they need more information from Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. before considering the merits of their proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation's first transcontinental freight railroad.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday said she welcomed the Trump administration's continued support of an ambitious project to build the largest US semiconductor plant in Syracuse.

Key senators pursuing a bipartisan deal to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits appear resolved to push forward with their negotiations, despite the Trump administration releasing its own health care plan Thursday that did not address the subsidies.

Google is bringing on John Connell, chief of staff to Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) , to lead the tech giant's government affairs and public policy for the US and Canada, the company said Friday.

President Donald Trump's moves to tackle economic issues worrying US voters have so far amounted to recycling several long-standing Democratic proposals.

Behavioral health services are dealing with whiplash after the Trump administration reversed a decision to terminate $2 billion in discretionary grants to their services.

It will soon be up to Virginia voters to decide if the state's Democratic legislature should be permitted to modify congressional maps before the November election.

Trial lawyers are pushing back against New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to revamp the state's auto insurance claims process, arguing it lets carriers off the hook from paying customers on time.

US Chamber President and CEO Suzanne Clark, in setting out a big-sweep defense of capitalism and economic growth Thursday, said voters' frustration over rising costs has led some seek socialist policies.

Appropriators are making significant headway toward funding the government long-term, having six full-year spending bills left on their agenda.

A bipartisan pair of senators is proposing a new measure to ban members of Congress and their immediate family from trading stocks, the latest in an effort that has floundered for years.

President Donald Trump has declined to endorse a candidate in the Senate GOP's competitive Texas primary, despite efforts by top Republicans in the chamber to get him behind the incumbent.

In a year with a strong White House message of cost-cutting, spending by the Pentagon rose 9.3% to a new record.

Insurers and independent mechanics, embroiled in a years-long lobbying fight against automakers about vehicle repairs, are stepping up their campaign to hitch the measure to a must-pass surface transportation bill.

Top ranking Congressional Democrats sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday urging the agency to reverse its exclusion of childhood vaccination rates as a key metric in federal data on children's health and well-being.

President Donald Trump's pressure campaign to unify his party behind his takeover of Venezuela succeeded Wednesday when all but three Senate Republicans voted to block a resolution opposing further military action in the country.

Twenty-two candidates qualified for the race to succeed ex-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) , starting in a March 10 special election that's likely to winnow the field to a two-candidate runoff on April 7.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he will not extradite a doctor charged in Louisiana with providing abortion pills to a woman in the state.

Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover effort of Warner Bros. Discovery raises national security risks and needs more government scrutiny, a House Democrat said Wednesday.

House lawmakers ticked another set of bills off their to-do list to fund the government long-term by the Jan. 30 deadline.

Virginia's Democratic legislature took another step toward overhauling the state's congressional districts more to their party's advantage before the Nov. 3 midterm election.

The Trump administration moved to terminate at least $2 billion in discretionary grants from an agency focused on behavioral health.

Banking and credit card industry lobbyists, along with their allies in other sectors, are blanketing Washington to fight off proposals recently pushed by President Donald Trump.

A House panel advanced a GOP leadership-endorsed bill aimed at curbing lawmaker stock trading Wednesday, voting along party lines to approve the Republican consensus legislation for a floor vote.

A handful of Republican senators who defied President Donald Trump by backing an effort to rein in his war powers are facing an intense pressure campaign to flip their support — and one is now ready to flip.

Republican House Oversight Chair James Comer said Wednesday he will seek criminal contempt charges against Bill and Hillary Clinton for defying subpoenas to testify in his committee's investigation of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Corporate and lobbying interests, grappling with soaring policy risks in Washington, will pay a premium to scoop up exiting Trump 2.0 officials.

A Republican-led bill that scraps a more restrictive definition of showerheads now heads to the Senate after passing the House 226-197 Tuesday.

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The timeline for a Senate deal on Obamacare premium tax credits is slipping, as it remains unclear whether text will come out this week.

House GOP leaders' limited wiggle room tightened even more this week ahead of a key government funding vote, with two Republicans away from Washington for medical reasons.

Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her agenda to make New York more affordable as she heads into a re-election campaign, though she was silent on whether she will raise taxes on higher earners to pay for more ambitious plans.

Rep. Neal Dunn, a Florida Republican physician, won't seek reelection this year after five House terms, opening up a seat that will likely remain under GOP control.

Bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday aimed at reducing the world's dependency on China for critical minerals acknowledges the US's vulnerability when it comes to producing elements and metals essential for defense technology, renewable energy, and communications.

Automakers and consumer groups will face off Tuesday at a House hearing where lawmakers will consider more than a dozen bills tied to vehicle safety and consumer rights.

The conservative Republican Study Committee rolled out a proposal for $1.6 trillion in spending and tax cuts Tuesday with the help of a new AI tool.

Opinion: With midterm elections approaching, businesses should anticipate the Trump administration will seek to accelerate executing its agenda.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is pitching a new state entity tasked with enforcing a suite of AI regulations.

The chair of the new California Senate committee with oversight over privacy said his panel will take a balanced approach to regulating the tech industry that ensures consumer protection without hindering sector growth.

President Donald Trump's most loyal backers are fretting over his expansive view of 'America First' with some concerned that his recent foreign policy priorities may be betraying the movement.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul will reveal tomorrow how she plans to tackle an issue rapidly taking over Democratic politics: making housing more affordable for more people.

Trade preference programs aimed at Africa and Haiti would be renewed through 2028 under a pair of bills passed by the House.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will announce a plan Tuesday that would allow autonomous vehicles to operate outside of New York City, according to two sources familiar with the proposal who spoke with Bloomberg Government.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on Democrats to distance themselves from wealthy donors and embrace a progressive economic message centered on affordability in this year's midterm elections.