After the threats to federal library funding in the past year, the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills signed by President Trump on February 3 included an increase in federal funding for ...

I've been reflecting on Gov. Kevin Stitt's State of the State address to launch the new legislative session. These aren’t talking points or rebuttals, just observations from a longtime Oklahoman who’s ...

A state bill sponsored by Del. April Fleming Miller (R-4) could allow a federal tax credit for a taxpayer’s donation to a tuition scholarship organization. The bill, HB455, would opt the state into a ...

The House Rules Committee on Monday night advanced legislation to end a partial government shutdown, teeing up what will be a tight vote on the House floor for House Republican leadership. The panel ...

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to pass a major funding package consisting of five regular appropriations bills and a two-week stopgap measure for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) but ...

About a year ago, it seemed the sky was falling for American scientific research. The Trump administration last February cut thousands of workers at federal science agencies, squeezed the flow of ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives takes up legislation on Monday that would lift a partial government shutdown that started over the weekend, with a final vote expected ...

President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats reached an agreement to fund the federal government as a Friday midnight deadline for a partial shutdown approaches. But the Senate’s hopes of quickly ...

Senators appear to be coalescing around an offramp to fund most of the government through the remainder of the fiscal year as a shutdown looms less than two days away. The Senate on Thursday failed to ...

After more than a year of uncertainty over how a Republican-controlled Congress under President Donald Trump would change federal education funding, lawmakers on Tuesday approved a fiscal 2026 budget ...

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats struck a deal Thursday to avert a prolonged shutdown for most of the federal government, according to Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck ...