The U.S. Senate passed a two-year budget deal early Friday morning that raises funding levels and suspends the nation's debt limit until March 2017. The approval of the bipartisan bill also prevents a U.S. default next week and a potential government shutdown in December.
While the fight to cease “sanctuary cities” has been averted in Congress, at least temporarily, the topic continues with Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Rep. Paul Ryan was officially elected as the 54th speaker of the House on Thursday, making the 45-year-old Wisconsin congressman the youngest to ascend to the top House leadership position in 140 years.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) with an overwhelming 74 to 21 vote. So what is CISA, and should the Internet's denizens be worried about the new legislation? Here's a primer.
In light of the continuous Syrian civil war, it has been recently announced that Iran and arch-rival Saudi Arabia will be attending Friday's conference in Vienna for the first time in the hopes of finally closing the unfortunate chapter of Syria in its four years of civil war.
The third Republican presidential debate focused on the country’s economy, and it comes as the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1314 -- the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 -- but foreign policy also dominated the evening.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush nearly lost his cool when he was questioned by an undocumented immigrant student about his stance on immigration reform.
A coalition of Hispanic conservative groups and activists delivered a stern message to the Republican candidates running in the 2016 presidential race, warning them not to engage in inflammatory anti-immigration rhetoric or else they will risk losing their support in the general election.
Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate, hosted by CNBC, is the first encounter during which Donald Trump is seeing his front-runner status seriously challenged.
In spite of mounting backlash from Latino advocacy groups, NBC is not backing down from its decision to allow 2016 presidential Republican Donald Trump to host "Saturday Night Live" on Nov. 7.
"Too big to fail" would not define her approach to a situation such as the 2007 financial crisis, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton told Stephen Colbert in a "Late Show" interview on Tuesday night.
