Spending

Rep. Chip Roy introduces amendment to defund Respect for Marriage Act, which requires federal recognition of same-sex marriages, in $1.7 trillion spending bill.

Welfare payouts for a family of four exceed the national median household income in 24 states, and top $100,000 annually in Washington, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, a new study finds.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) wheeled in the massive omnibus bill to mock the 4,155 page legislation that was made public this week.

Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is confident about his prospects in his next election.

Get ready for the next unnecessary recession.

An Israeli professor claims that a recent translation of an eighth-century B.C. inscription containing the name of Judean King Hezekiah in Jerusalem's City of David is "one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Israel of all time."

Four thousand page bill earmarks $44.9 billion for Ukraine and NATO, only $40.6 billion for Americans hit by natural disaster.

The jungle of the US media kingdom appears to be divided between two powerful entities – the pro-establishment behemoth often referred to as the mainstream media, and Tucker Carlson.

Donald Trump has endorsed California Republican Kevin McCarthy in his bid for House Speaker.

In an interview with Fox Business, Republican Senator Rand Paul (KY) said Republicans are "emasculated" by going along with the Democrats' fiscal plans but still claiming to be Conservative.