An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law on July 4, 2025, ...

The office also estimated that the federal budget deficit for the first nine months of the 2025 fiscal year, which began in October, is $1.3 trillion. The number is $65 billion more than it was for ...

Senator Thom Tillis seemingly implied to CNN's Jake Tapper that he would not vote to confirm Pete Hegseth if a vote were to ...

Microplastics fight | Keep up pressure | Step up. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for July 10, 2025.

The Supreme Court lifted a lower court’s ruling that had blocked mass layoffs in the federal work force.

By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer The United States is on track to potentially raise “well over $300 billion” in tariff income by the end of the year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent […] ...

Trump’s new law will push defense spending beyond $1 trillion, with new funding for innovation and expanded capabilities. But those investments are at risk of becoming one-off acquisitions without ...

During a meeting with leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal, as part of a multiday summit to ...

As Republicans face criticism for cutting Medicaid, Hawley tried to shift the focus to a less-noticed part of the law that ...

Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.

Drug enforcement agencies across the nation play a crucial role in fighting the drug epidemic.The High Intensity Drug ...

"The bill, as passed, will cause the greatest harm to those who are especially vulnerable in our society,” the statement read ...