WASHINGTON — The U.S. government hurtled toward a Wednesday shutdown as Democrats had the votes to block a Republican stopgap funding package that didn’t address their demands, the latest sign that neither party was likely to fold in the final hours before a federal funding deadline.

Congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump dug in...Read more

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is considering new military action against drug cartels operating out of Venezuela, including operations “by land,” raising concerns of a possible escalation in tensions between Washington and Caracas.

The remarks came days after U.S. forces targeted several boats allegedly ...Read more

The Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students and academics violated the First Amendment by targeting them for expressing their political views, a federal judge ruled in an unusual opinion that broadly and sharply criticized President Donald Trump.

U.S. District Judge William G. Young in Boston said that noncitizens have the same ...Read more

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration is close to finalizing a deal with Harvard University, in an agreement that would potentially defuse one of the highest-profile fights between his administration and U.S. higher education.

“They’ll be paying about $500 million and they’ll be operating trade schools. They’re going...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal employee unions asked a federal judge in California on Tuesday to stop the Trump administration from using plans for a mass firing of federal employees if there is a partial government shutdown.

The complaint, filed Tuesday by the American Federation of Government Employees and American Federation of State, County and ...Read more

In the event of a government shutdown, President Donald Trump would have broad authority to reshape the federal workforce — though only temporarily, according to legal experts.

With no spending deal in sight and the Oct. 1 funding deadline fast approaching, such a shutdown now seems increasingly unavoidable.

The deadlock in Congress stems ...Read more

WASHINGTON — For months, a group of former federal workers has gathered each Tuesday on the Hill, trying to get lawmakers’ attention. Sometimes dozens show up, while other weeks have fewer.

This Tuesday was no different, except for one important detail. The government is staring down a shutdown due to start at midnight — a threat that’s...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Housing and Urban Development Department’s website on Tuesday is dominated by a large pop-up message placing blame for a partial government shutdown that raises questions about whether the department violated ethics law.

“The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American ...Read more

MIAMI — Donald Trump will build a high-rise tower in downtown Miami, his son announced Tuesday after Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to give his presidential library foundation valuable public land next to Miami’s Freedom tower.

“Once completed, the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library will be visible for miles into the ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — President Donald Trump plans to visit Norfolk on Friday to discuss the country’s “great Naval assets,” a White House official told The Washington Post.

Trump told top brass Tuesday at Quantico about his interest in bringing battleships back to the fleet.

“Some people would say that’s old technology. I don’t think ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened mass firings of federal workers as the U.S. hurtles toward a shutdown with Democrats and Republicans at an impasse over funding the government.

“We may do a lot and that’s only because of the Democrats,” Trump said in response to a question about the number of government employees who could...Read more

The Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students and academics violated the First Amendment by targeting them for expressing their political views, a federal judge ruled in an unusual opinion that broadly and sharply criticized President Donald Trump.

U.S. District Judge William G. Young in Boston said that noncitizens have the same ...Read more

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis and the three other members of the Florida cabinet voted unanimously Tuesday to give a $67 million plot of land adjacent to Miami’s Freedom tower to Donald Trump’s presidential library foundation with few strings attached.

Eric Trump, one of three trustees of the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation, ...Read more

The U.S. is hurtling toward a government shutdown, with Democrats and Republicans seemingly no closer to agreeing on a plan and President Donald Trump threatening that scores of federal workers could lose their jobs.

Trump on Tuesday morning said “maybe a lot” of government employees could be dismissed during any shutdown. The White House ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop walked away from a meeting of House Democrats on Monday night believing that a shutdown is likely to occur Wednesday.

“If I had to put money on it, I would say, ‘yes,’” the Albany Democrat said.

Republicans say Democrats are pushing too hard for their priorities instead of signing off on a ...Read more

During the rise of the GOP “tea party” on Capitol Hill, conservative members of Congress proudly displayed pocket Constitutions in their suit jackets.

The all-important power to raise and spend public money was granted to Congress in Article One of the U.S. Constitution as the ultimate check on executive power. Congress makes the laws — ...Read more

When I was growing up, my grandfather often told me: “The best thing about being a farmer is that you are your own boss.” When I asked what’s the worst thing, he would chuckle and say, “Well, that you are your own boss.”

Joking aside, my grandfather’s comments reflect a certain pride in his independence. Farmers know this feeling ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said he believes the U.S. government is on track to shut down, seeking to pin the blame on Democrats one day before federal funding is set to lapse.

“I think we’re headed into a shutdown because the Democrats won’t do the right thing,” Vance said Monday following a meeting with congressional ...Read more