A law known as the Antideficiency Act prohibits federal agencies from spending funds that have not been authorized by Congress. A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to pass funding for ...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told CBS News she will one day be president as she pressed for a transition to electoral democracy after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s ouster.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by two Border Patrol agents in ...

Donald Trump Jr. and Melania Trump’s father, Viktor Knavs, were seen at the Thursday premiere. Other family members will view the movie Friday or this weekend, Mr. Trump said. Barron Trump saw it a ...

A resolution to the impasse, which began emerging early Thursday morning, would involve the Senate removing the DHS funding bill from the six-bill package and passing the remaining five bills.

President Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, claiming the agencies unlawfully allowed an IRS contractor to leak his tax returns and those of ...

President Trump says he will announce his nominee for Federal Reserve chair Friday morning, as he puts pressure on the Fed to cut interest rates. “I’ve chosen a very good person to head the Fed,” he ...

A newly released video shows 37-year-old Alex Pretti confronting federal immigration officers on a Minneapolis street 11 days before he was fatally shot in another encounter with Customs and Border ...

Washington — The Senate reached an agreement Thursday to move forward with a government funding package while negotiations continue over reforms to immigration enforcement in the wake of the ...

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from detaining refugees in Minnesota who do not yet have green cards, following a bid by the administration to reexamine ...

That district, held by incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., could play a critical role in the balance of power in the House. Republicans currently hold a very slim five-seat majority, which means ...

Washington — Democrats on Capitol Hill are raising concerns with the FBI’s search of an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, and warning that the operation is an example of President Trump ...