You might have heard the riddle about the man who must row a fox, a chicken and a sack of corn across a river one at a time.

The Republican Party is trying to figure out what it stands for in terms of economic policy during the second Trump ...

WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged congressional leadership to raise the debt ceiling by mid-July, in a ...

Republicans hate the idea of even a symbolic increase in taxes on the very rich. But Trump keeps bringing it up, only to give ...

The so-called "X-date" marks when the government could run out of borrowing power and face an unprecedented default without ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is open to considering a ban on stock trades for members of Congress. The idea has been heavily ...

Despite the broad popularity of the issue, the task of actually passing a stock trading ban has never been straightforward.

Johnson downplayed any struggles or disagreements in trying to meet his Memorial Day timeline for House Republicans to pass ...

A suspect arrested outside the U.S. Capitol in January with Molotov cocktails and a knife has been charged with the attempted assassination Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is making it clear that he’s not a fan of President Trump’s proposal earlier this ...

Trump posted on social media that hiking taxes on anyone, even the rich, could stir a political backlash, reviving the “Read ...

The U.S. is on track to run out of money to pay its bills as early as August without congressional action, Treasury Secretary ...