Northwest public radio and television stations were bracing for the fallout after an overnight vote by House Republicans that will rescind about $9 billion in funding Congress had already approved for ...

Congress approves a $9 billion spending cut targeting public broadcasting and foreign aid, overcoming GOP divisions despite the cuts making up a small share of the budget.

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The retirement of longtime Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has set up a competitive primary for U.S. Senate in Illinois. The ...

The Alaska lawmaker was given a copy when first appointed to the Senate in 2002 and it’s still on her bedside table. “Far ...

A Senate panel stripped out an amendment that had blocked funding for a President Donald Trump administration plan to relocate the FBI HQ to a new D.C. site.