A bill proposed in the Texas legislature could charge transgender Texans with a state felony if they commit what proponents call “gender identity fraud.” Republican state Rep. Tom Oliverson ...

The bill was passed just hours before a midnight deadline to avoid a lapse in funding, which would have shut down the government. By Tyler Pager Reporting from West Palm Beach, Fla. President ...

President Trump signed the Republican-crafted spending bill to avert a government shutdown, the White House said on Saturday. The Republican-crafted bill will fund the government through Sept.

The Senate will take a key procedural vote on Friday afternoon to potentially tee up final passage of a crucial stopgap government spending bill to avoid a shutdown as time runs out. After tense ...

The Senate voted mostly along party lines Friday afternoon to pass the House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through September, avoiding a government shutdown only hours before funding ...

A growing number of Democratic politicians, strategists and consultants are signaling anger against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after he supported the Republican spending bill.

Concerns regarding the government’s growing interference with media freedom and online expression have been sparked by the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, which seeks to place news ...

One chamber of the Maryland General Assembly spent hours on Saturday debating a bill that could enable incarcerated individuals convicted of violent crimes as young adults to secure early release ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved Friday night a bipartisan bill that would exempt D.C. from a series of budget cuts included in the GOP funding measure approved earlier this week.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President ...

The bill largely keeps government funding at levels set during Joe Biden’s presidency, though with changes. It trims non-defense spending by about $13 billion from the previous year and ...

Ben Curtis/Associated Press Share WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a Republican-led spending bill Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure ...