Government And Institutions

U.S. Representative Steve Scalise, shot at a congressional baseball practice last month, underwent surgery on Thursday to treat an infection, a hospital statement said.

Michigan passed a new bill Wednesday that will provide major new tax incentives for business that create good paying jobs in the state.

President Donald Trump has long been criticized for his Twitter use and now he is facing a lawsuit from advocates of the First Amendment over claims that he has unconstitutionally blocked some of his critics from his POTUS twitter account.

Wall Street's top U.S. regulator on Wednesday signaled support for potentially scaling back the scope and breadth of disclosure rules and compliance costs imposed on public companies, in an effort to entice more companies to go public.

Facebook, Twitter, Alphabet Inc and dozens of other major technology companies are participating in an online protest on Wednesday to oppose proposed changes to U.S. net neutrality rules that prohibit broadband providers from giving or selling access to certain internet services over others.

Facebook, Twitter, Alphabet Inc and dozens of other major technology companies are participating in an online protest on Wednesday to oppose proposed changes to U.S. net neutrality rules that prohibit broadband providers from giving or selling access to certain internet services over others.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended Donald Trump Jr. as "innocent" following revelations in emails that showed his eldest son welcomed Russian help against his father's rival in last year's presidential election.

Thai immigrants, Tony and Somnuek Thangsongcharoen, who are now American citizens, are devastated after their small bridal shop was seized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for owing $31,400 in back taxes.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Congress would postpone its August recess by two weeks in order to make headway on a variety of legislative goals, including raising the debt limit, which he said he hopes will be raised before the third week in August despite widespread disagreement over exactly how that will happen.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Congress would postpone its August recess by two weeks in order to make headway on a variety of legislative goals, including raising the debt limit, which he said he hopes will be raised before the third week in August despite widespread disagreement over exactly how that will happen.

The U.S. military ran its 14th successful test of Lockheed Martin’s THAAD anti-ballistic missile system.

As Democrats continue to delay and obstruct the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees, the GOP is bolstering its own strategy.

As Democrats continue to delay and obstruct the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees, the GOP is bolstering its own strategy.

Randal Quarles, who served in top Treasury Department positions under two Republican presidents, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to take a key position on the Federal Reserve board in charge of overseeing the banking system.

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is under fire after jetting to the G-20 summit last week to join anti-capitalist protestors in Germany.

In the wake of the shooting at a GOP baseball practice last month, lawmakers have begun to voice concern over receiving an increasing number of threats.

President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., agreed to meet with a Kremlin-linked lawyer during the 2016 election campaign after being promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing three advisers to the White House.

This combination of policy changes would ensure Social Security's health through at least 2082.

More than two-dozen individuals in Lakewood, N.J. have been charged with swindling the government out of about $2.4 million in unmerited public assistance benefits — an alleged crime the town's former mayor called “horrific” on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for the first time face-to-face Friday, at the Group of 20 summit in Germany, amid escalating global tensions and a strained relationship between the two world powers.