Colorado’s two U.S. senators, Democrats Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, both say they intend to vote no on a Republican-drafted spending bill as the federal government lurches toward ...

There's a $200 million deficit in the current fiscal year, and a much bigger one under most scenarios for the next year.

Congress is poised to pass a Trump-endorsed funding bill this week that D.C. officials warn would lead to a $1 billion cut to ...

Lawmakers are preparing to dump Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed tax hikes on cigarettes, marijuana, and sports gambling, as well as advance a plan to issue $600 million in bonds for a new Cleveland Browns ...

Mass deportations and a debt-limit increase are being stalled by House-Senate differences and the massive size of the budget ...

The South Dakota House and Senate passed the state’s fiscal year 2026 budget that looks different than the budget proposed by former Gov. Kristi Noem. Noem ...

A shutdown would temporarily give the executive branch even broader powers over what government services are deemed "essential." ...

We're here to build relationships, to move the ball forward,” Mullin told the Washington Examiner in an interview from his ...

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that ...

A new $100 million accounting system is not working as promised and causing Missouri budget delays in the legislature.

Also, President Donald Trump’s science adviser nominee, Michael Kratsios, sailed out of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in a 24-4 vote. The Budget committee voted 11-10, ...