Facing a midnight deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, President Trump tried to implicate congressional Democrats if there’s no deal over his demand for U.S.-Mexico border wall money.
Economists believe that economic growth is slowing in the fourth quarter to around 2.5 percent. For the full year, GDP growth is projected to top 3 percent — the best showing since 2005.
The Senate was being called back to session to consider a package approved by House Republicans that includes the $5.7 billion for the border wall. It is almost certain to be rejected by the Senate.
Mattis will leave by the end of February after two tumultuous years struggling to soften and moderate President Trump's hardline and sometimes sharply changing policies.
Starting Jan. 1, every U.S. hospital will be required to post standard charges online for every item and service they provide, from bandages and drugs to operating rooms and organ transplants.
Bump stocks became a focal point of the national gun control debate after they were used in October 2017 when a man opened fire from his Las Vegas hotel suite into a crowd at a country music concert below, killing 58 people.
The government’s top doctor is taking aim at the best-selling electronic cigarette brand in the U.S., urging swift action to prevent Juul and similar vaping brands from addicting millions of teenagers.
South Bend’s 36-year-old mayor announced Monday he won’t seek re-election next year. The Democrat’s military background, popularity in a Rust Belt city and ambition for a national profile have prompted questions about a possible presidential run.
China’s return to the U.S. soybean market this week comes too little, too late for many farming families to put more Christmas presents under the tree this year.
Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis has been selected to build the jet engine to power the revolutionary MQ-25 Stingray.
After months of debate and negotiation, Congress voted final approval Wednesday to a massive farm bill that will provide more than $400 billion for agriculture subsidies, conservation programs and food aid.
If the legislation passes, it could be a rare bipartisan policy achievement for this Congress and the largest criminal sentencing overhaul in decades.
Vice President Mike Pence’s chief economist, Mark Calabria, is a leading candidate to replace Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt, a Barack Obama appointee who has led the regulator since President Donald Trump took office.
Even senior White House officials were caught off guard Sunday when President Donald Trump and Nick Ayers, whose hiring was believed to be a done deal, couldn't come to terms.
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is meant to replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump has long denigrated as a “disaster.”
President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to cut off all federal subsidies to General Motors because of its planned massive cutbacks in the United States.
Vice President Mike Pence said the U.S. wasn’t in a rush to end the trade war and would “not change course until China changes its ways”—a worrying prospect for a region heavily reliant on exports.
Trump is said to have warmed to Nick Ayers in part by watching the effectiveness of Pence’s largely independent political operation.
The unemployment rate is so low that the U.S. economy risks slipping into recession due to lack of labor. Businesses should consider hiring ex-offenders and other prospects that they previously have avoided, according to a chief economic strategist for Fifth Third Bank.
Indiana Sen. Todd Young has been picked to lead the National Republican Senate Committee during the 2020 election cycle.
