The ambitious plan for a new U.S. missile-defense shield needs to navigate technology hurdles and budget questions.

Trump plans to propose spending $520 million on the 988 system next year — the same amount as in the current fiscal year, ...

The departing DOGE chief’s wild opening assault on the federal government paved the way for more long-term demolition work.

The agency providing Congress with cost estimates — including projections for the GOP’s major reconciliation bill — has a long history of inaccuracy and bias, according to some policy experts and ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., raised questions about U.S. Coast Guard staffing after a Mexican naval ship crashed into New York ...

The Trump administration wants to eliminate the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit program, which has 43 units in 41 states, including one in Arkansas. That's according to people affiliated ...

Following the historic passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by just one vote — 215 to 214 with two House Republicans voting no, U.S. Reps. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) — the ...

State lawmakers are concerned the push in Congress to cut spending could mean less money for Medicaid, highway construction, ...

President Donald Trump signed four executive orders to overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and hasten the process and ...

As Washington County moves forward with its $2 billion budget for the 2026 fiscal year, the government’s financial woes are ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that President Donald Trump wants to primary the two Republican ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson has styled himself a fiscal reformer, but he led the way on a budget gimmick that ignores some $500 million ...