Government And Institutions

Speaker Paul Ryan’s aides dismissed a report by Politico Thursday afternoon that the Wisconsin Republican plans to retire following the 2018 midterm elections.

As the federal government prepares to unravel sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet, advocates of the regulations are bracing for a long fight.

As new reports surface that North Korea could be developing new biological weapons capabilities, the United States is set to increase the multi-billion dollar budget for one agency tasked with combating biothreats.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to turn over oversight of internet service providers to another federal agency as it plans to vote on Thursday to revoke the landmark 2015 "net neutrality" rules.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign one of his first space directives on Monday, an initiative that will send U.S. astronauts back to the moon, and beyond.

In her district's biggest city and across its conservative bastions, Republican U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters is facing criticism over the GOP tax overhaul bill that she voted for last month.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to deliver its third and final rate increase of 2017 in the coming week and the stock market does not seem to even blink an eye about it.

Reports that an FBI agent working on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election exchanged anti-Trump text messages with a colleague has raised concerns about signs of possible political biases in the former FBI director’s investigation.

If you think 2017 was a bad year for cyberattacks, just wait to see what happens in the coming years, one cybersecurity expert warns.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that actions by former national security adviser Michael Flynn during the presidential transition were lawful, and that he had had to fire him because Flynn had lied to the FBI and the vice president.

U.S. President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn lied to the FBI about his contacts with Russia's ambassador to the United States, the U.S. special counsel's office charged in a court filing made public on Friday.

As the deadline to reach a deal to fund the government looms early next month, the Trump administration is not too pleased with how talks have progressed throughout recent days.

A decision by the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday to repeal an Obama-era ruling that allows the government to regulate the internet like a public utility will ultimately limit heavy-handed investment and encourage more companies to invest, FCC Chair Ajit Pai told FOX Business.

Here's an example of the gross abuse of power, by the out-of-control Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which, by the way, is the creation of Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

As the battle wages on over who is the rightful acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), deputy director Leandra English or Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney, one thing is certain: President Donald Trump’s CFPB will differ from President Barack Obama’s.

Improvements in U.S. bank regulation and supervision since the 2007-09 financial crisis have eliminated the problem of 'too-big-to-fail' banks, Federal Reserve chair nominee Jerome Powell told the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday.

Jerome Powell, U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Federal Reserve, told a Senate panel that after years of adding new rules it was time to take a pause and review what has been done.

A federal judge on Tuesday sided with the White House in the battle over control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying he wouldn't stop the Trump administration from running the agency.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Mick Mulvaney said on Monday that he would not “decimate” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) during his tenure as acting director, despite his history as a harsh critic of the watchdog agency.

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney started his first day as interim head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where he was greeted by a lawsuit and a public outcry denouncing his appointment.