Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Friday said she’s ready to stay in Washington “through ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump denounced a bipartisan spending deal that would fund the government until mid-March, telling ...

In a new, Republican-controlled Congress, retirement policy will likely take a back seat to other party priorities, such as ...

Top Democrats urged Republicans to return to the original stopgap spending bill in order to avoid a partial government shutdown at midnight.

Republicans will try to pass Plan C today, but it is unclear whether Democrats in the House — or the Senate or White House — ...

A bill backed by Trump to avert a partial government shutdown failed to pass the House of Representatives on Thursday night.

Leaders in Congress unveiled a measure to keep the government funded, facing a Friday night deadline to avert a government ...

The vision of building a high-speed rail line between Vancouver, B.C., and Portland has landed nearly $50 million to support ...

Washington — Leaders in Congress on Tuesday unveiled a lengthy stopgap measure to keep the government funded into the spring, with just days to go to prevent a government shutdown.

Washington students were on U.S. Sen. Patty Murray’s mind when she negotiated a law to simplify the application for federal financial aid. Slightly more than 40% of Washington’s high school ...