The US House approved a five-year farm bill, updating agriculture and nutrition policy after years of extensions.

The Government Accountability Office would need to cut 1,000 employees under a 25% budget cut being advanced in the House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal 2027 spending bill. The GOP-controlled House Appropriations legislative branch subcommittee voted along party lines today to approve a spending bill that would allocate a total of $7.

The plan comes after days of disagreement between House and Senate leaders over how to handle the spending impasse.

Congress has been stuck for more than a year as the bill became a battleground where fiscal policy, environmental concerns, and industrial interests collide.

Congress voted to reopen key parts of the Department of Homeland Security — including the Transportation Security Administration — Thursday after weeks of GOP infighting that prolonged a record shutdown of the critical agency.

If Congress fails to pass a government spending bill, diplomats overseas will face a 22% reduction in their pay as a cost-saving measure. As lawmakers in Washington again debated another spending bill that would have potentially large implications in the U ...