The last five presidents have all had periods where both the House and the Senate were in friendly hands — but most lasted ...

Democrats have to overcome at least three major obstacles as they attempt to realign and readjust following President-elect Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Biden administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other steps to try to ...

A Republican sweep in the U.S. elections puts rating agency Morningstar DBRS “more on alert” regarding the country’s fiscal ...

President Ronald Reagan created the efficiency-minded Grace Commission in 1982, promising that it would “drain the swamp.” ...

In the runup to Election Day, Donald Trump had kind words for Washington state. “I have so many friends in the great state of ...

Well, in part it means that some of the political strategies the Democrats thought would turn Obama’s 2008 and 2012 ...

James Madison called public debt “a public curse.” We're currently cursed to the tune of $35.9 trillion and counting. Who's ...

The United States was debt-free only once, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, and the debt has increased ever since.

The disappointment, the head-slapping, the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth — such are the predictable reactions among pundits, prognosticators and political strategists when the guy who surely ...

Donald Trump becoming the 47th president of the United States is going to have a big impact on the economy - and your ...

Open enrollment for Medicare, state tax ballot outcomes, signing a tax return, filing season statistics, Social Security and ...