A former Dixon mayor is getting ready for his new role in Springfield as a state senator representing the 37th District. Li Arellano Jr., who won an uncontested race during Tuesday's general election, ...

Senate Democrats acknowledged on Wednesday they won’t have ... though about $20 billion of it was later diverted to other programs as part of a deal to raise the debt limit in 2023. GOP lawmakers are ...

President-elect Donald Trump and a unified GOP Congress are poised to remake the country’s tax code with major benefits for corporations and the upper class.

The numbers in the Senate also could make Trump's efforts to add conservatives to the federal judiciary easier because such ...

Senate Republicans once tried to check the former president’s power. This time, they will be more accommodating.

Republicans have regained control of the Senate, which is responsible for confirming a ... for Congress and the incoming Trump administration is over whether to raise the debt ceiling, which will be ...

DoubleLine ‘s Jeffrey Gundlach said interest rates could shoot higher if the Republicans ends up controlling the House and ...

His conversations with the leadership candidates focused on the role he’d like to play in the Senate, especially on issues ...

Public officials, elected or appointed, have the obligation to properly explain how they are spending the people’s money.

In a nation divided down the middle over politics, and in a handful of states where those divisions are concentrated, Americans narrowly ...

Donald Trump's Republicans are set to take control of both chambers of Congress, paving the way for a sweeping agenda including tax cuts, border security, and spending reforms. With a 52-48 Senate ...

Ron Johnson, a member of the Senate Finance Committee ... including steering Congress away from a debt limit cliff, which ...