MPR News reached out to all of Minnesota’s congressional Republicans multiple times for interviews but did not receive ...

But Trump — and, by extension, Johnson — has a new ally in the usual Republican intramural sniping: the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), whose bull-in-a-china shop approach to shrinking ...

With days until funding expires, an agreement wouldn’t necessarily eliminate the risk of a government shutdown or thwart a ...

House debate over a bill that would provide care for laid-off federal workers devolved Wednesday into a partisan squabble ...

Two elected officials who helped with masking rules and vaccination, and a former school board member, tell us their thoughts ...

By contrast, Trump is using a campaign ostensibly against “unelected bureaucrats” to slash programs that help veterans, farmers, poor people and the elderly. Abroad, he is backing away from the ...

The WHO’s air quality database will also be affected by the closing of U.S. program. Many poor countries don’t track air ...

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is predicting Republicans will be unified and able to pass a stopgap spending measure, known ...

Gov. Wes Moore said he's prepared to lead Maryland through a possible government shutdown as early as next week.

Senate Democrats are indicating they won't tank a short-term government funding package, barring any eleventh-hour GOP ...

The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are eager to show voters that DOGE’s actions are more than headlines of ...

The Trump administration is fighting in court — and in the court of public opinion — over the budget cuts tearing through the ...