Party leaders in Washington are waging an urgent campaign Monday to convince Democrats and Republicans to get behind compromise legislation that would avert a first-ever national default, with each

Democrats and campaign officials know their job may get tougher if Trump’s name isn’t on top of the GOP ticket.

President Biden announced Sunday that a budget deal had been reached with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, avoiding a "catastrophic default."

A teenager was shot and killed early Sunday morning outside an Atlanta high school after a confrontation that began at a graduation party, police said.

Representative Lauren Boebert on Sunday offered praise for a man who heckled her congressional colleague, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with profanity at a recent town hall event. Ocasio-Cortez, a

Teachers won’t get pay raises. And homeowners aren’t getting the historic property tax cuts they were promised. But House and Senate budget negotiators were able to strike an agreement on a plan to

J. Shane Creamer Jr. has been the executive director of the Philadelphia Board of Ethics since its inception almost 20 years ago, and he knew the 2023 mayor’s race would present one of the agency’s

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he is hopeful of reaching a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and a avoid a catastrophic default as early as Saturday.