On Tuesday, the Senate passed a massive spending bill that would spend $150 billion on mass deportations, cut taxes for the ...

JD Vance casts tie-breaking vote as Senate passes ‘big, beautiful’ bill - The Independent was on Capitol Hill overnight as ...

The bill was originally set to defund Planned Parenthood for a 10-year period. The Senate on Tuesday passed the reworked bill after a tiebreaking vote cast by Vice President JD Vance.

At least 50 Kentuckians rallied outside Planned Parenthood in Louisville on Saturday, chanting "Defund! Defund!" The ...

The final package reflects a bruising intraparty fight, with several controversial provisions added, scrapped, or watered down in the final hours.

Earlier this month, it didn’t take long for many Republicans to blame Democrats for the assassinations of Minnesota political ...

It was one of the most contentious issues of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and now it's an estimated $170 billion component of the Senate version of the Trump administration's "One Big ...

Heather K. Gerken, the dean of the law school, will run the powerful philanthropy, known for pushing for social justice.

Advocates in Southern Illinois are asking one of the state's three GOP members of Congress why he would vote for cutbacks ...

Colorado Democrats and health care advocates were quick to condemn the Medicaid cuts that passed the U.S. Senate on Tuesday ...

The finish line will come after a whirlwind of votes, nicknamed a "vote-a-rama," on what are expected to be dozens of amendments.