Policy and Politics

The executive action is based on a 1988 Reagan regulation, but can't eliminate most of Planned Parenthood's federal funding.

Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas needed a favor: Before retiring at the end of his term, Mr. Hensarling, a powerful conservative, wante

President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as CIA director says “I don’t believe torture works.”

President Trump said on Wednesday three Americans imprisoned in North Korea have been freed and are on their way home with Secretary of State

President Trump announced Tuesday that he will not renew the Iran nuclear deal, defying European allies and escalating tensions with an Irani

The unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent in April, an 18-year low, even as nonfarm payrolls rose by just 164,000, according to a report Frid

President Donald Trump says it's "disgraceful" that a list of proposed questions from special counsel Robert Mueller was "leaked" to the news

An FBI agent found to have leaked sensitive information to witnesses, mishandled classified information and lied to investigators will not fa

Mitt Romney won’t say whether he will support President Donald Trump for re-election in 2020...

Congress could save tens of billions of dollars by addressing a slew of recommendations, including 65 new ones, according to a reportreleased

Hundreds of Central American migrants from a caravan that crossed Mexico reunited in Tijuana on Wednesday and planned to cross the border tog

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is set to announce a federal jobs proposal that would guarantee a job with at least a $15-per-hour wage and healt

The Democratic National Committee sued the Trump campaign, the Russian government, Wikileaks on Friday, accusing them of conspiring to disrup

ABC made a big swing with Sunday's George Stephanopoulos sitdown with James Comey — and while the interview looks like it scored a win in the

President Donald Trump went into attack mode against James Comey on Friday morning, calling the former FBI director an “untruthful slime ball

Paul Ryan said he plans to remain as speaker and not call an early leadership election, but well-wired Republicans tell Jonathan Swan and me

Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado fears congressional hearings with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg could lead to further government regu

Republicans are eyeing ways to rein in spending this week after facing a barrage of criticism back home for swelling the federal deficit with