This week, the lag in funding caused some preschool classrooms for 400 low-income children to close in central Washington state.

Anyone who thought they had a stable 401(k) retirement account a few weeks ago knows only too well what tariffs — even ...

Republicans are seeking billions in savings from the insurance program for low-income people to pay for tax cuts.

Agriculture in Washington state could be hit hard by the wide range of tariffs proposed by the Trump administration.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has formally challenged Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to debate the Republicans’ budget blueprint on the floor of the lower chamber. In a letter ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries challenged House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday to engage in a debate over the policy implications of Republican budget plans. "Over the weekend, the Senate ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has yet to appoint members to the House’s independent ethics board, leaving the office unable to open new investigations—even though Democrats have named ...

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Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) accepted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) challenge to debate the House Republicans‘ budget resolution. On Tuesday, Jeffries formally requested ...

Pete Aguilar (Calif.), the head of the House Democratic Caucus, said Democrats won’t participate in the “vote pairing” strategy advanced by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as a way to kill a ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House GOP leaders gave remarks Tuesday morning as Republicans in both chambers wrestled over a budget blueprint that will advance President Trump’s legislative ...