Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has emerged as one of the biggest wild cards in the Senate, keeping his Republican colleagues guessing about how he’ll vote on elements of

Most of the lawmakers themselves are shut out of closed-door, high-level negotiations but will be expected to approve a $50 billion plan with little time to study it.

Only a few Democrats broke ranks to support the House's spending plan for Defense Department operations in fiscal 2026.

Senate Republicans say they have the votes to pass a package of $9 billion in spending cuts, which would give President Trump another big legislative victory in less than a month, after GOP

In a statement, Duffy said the Federal Railroad Administration terminated approximately $4 billion in unspent funding for “California’s High Speed Rail Boondoggle,” saying the $135 billion projected cost of the project could buy every San Francisco and Los Angeles resident nearly 200 round trip flights between the cities.

A bill striking billions in foreign aid will get slightly smaller after Republicans agreed to exempt $400 million in funding for AIDS prevention, a major concession to centrists wavering on the White House request.

The U.S. Senate is expected to begin voting Tuesday afternoon on President Trump's formal request to cut $9.4 billion in funding already approved by Congress for foreign assistance and public broadcasting.

Deputy Secretary of State Michael Rigas will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday afternoon on the State Department’s fiscal 2026 budget request. The hearing comes just