Anyone watching President Trump address Congress Tuesday night had to be shocked by the way some Democrats conducted themselves. “High school with paychecks” is how I’d describe it. Presidential addresses are beginning to resemble more the studio audience of “Let’s Make a Deal” than anything close to a dignified event.

Throughout the evening, one thing became abundantly clear: Democrats have learned absolutely nothing from their decisive election loss.

President Donald Trump has addressed a raucous joint session of the US Congress for the first time since he returned to power in January, declaring: "The American Dream is unstoppable."

In the longest presidential speech to lawmakers on record, he outlined his vision for his second term, as Republicans applauded a high-octane six weeks that has reshaped domestic and foreign policy.

Trump was heckled by Democrats and he goaded them in turn during the rowdy primetime speech.

Congress is careening toward a government shutdown in just 11 days as the discord between the two parties over funding talks grows, with no clear path to reach a deal.

The government is set to run out of money at the end of next Friday, March 14. Republicans control the House and the Senate, but they need Democratic support to pass a funding bill as it is subject to the Senate’s 60-vote threshold.

Democratic lawmakers are discussing a litany of options to protest at President Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday, including through outright disruption, a half dozen House Democrats told Axios.

Why it matters: Some of these tactics go beyond their leaders' recommendation that members bring guests hurt by Trump and DOGE. This sets up a potential clash between party traditionalists and its more combative anti-Trump wing.

With less than two weeks to go before a March 14 deadline, Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress appear to be nowhere close to a deal to avert a government shutdown that would throw Washington into deeper turmoil...

A constitutional conflict is brewing over Congress' power of the purse and whether the president can refuse to spend what Congress has directed him to spend.

Since taking office, the Trump administration — along with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — has been seeking to cut federal spending, reduce workforce levels and dismantle programs and bureaucracies without going through the legislative process. They're instead claiming that the president has the power to unilaterally override the existing spending plans set by Congress.

The showdown between House and Senate Republicans is escalating as the two groups barrel ahead with their contrasting strategies to pass President Trump’s legislative agenda — with the upper chamber expected to move this week.

House and Senate Republicans are racing each other this week to see who can advance President Trump’s sprawling domestic agenda, as the two chambers move forward with their contrasting legislative strategies.

In the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans are vowing to keep working on a budget resolution to advance Trump’s priorities in a single bill, despite such an agreement eluding them for days. The chamber is set to blow through another self-imposed deadline as lawmakers remain at odds over key issues.

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who stepped down from the leadership at the end of last year, cast a surprise vote Friday night against Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s controversial nominee to head the Department of Defense.

McConnell’s vote came as a surprise after he voted Thursday night to advance Hegseth’s nomination to a final vote.

The veteran Kentucky lawmaker played his cards close to the vest and didn’t say anything as he walked into the chamber.