Today’s vote in the U.S. Senate, on Trump’s big bill, was dramatic. In the chamber, it was even more so. The Senate passed ...

Eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits is missing from President Trump’s tax overhaul. Here’s why and what an ...

Without being included in the reconciliation process, the measure would need to receive 60 votes in the Senate to pass, meaning it would almost certainly fail. Start the day smarter. Get all the news ...

Congress made its own New Year’s resolution: achieve fiscal discipline through the Budget Control and Impoundment Act. Like ...

By skirting the Senate parliamentarian’s power to police the boundaries of reconciliation bills, the GOP is putting the ...

Up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits can be taxed—but a new deduction will reduce how much seniors need to pay.

It was a somber scene at Robert C. Byrd High School Tuesday as friends and family gathered to remember three former students ...

Senator Robert C. Byrd, democrat from West Virgina and the longest-serving senator in American history, died Monday at the age of 92. Jan. 30, 2003: Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va, left, and Sen. Edward ...

Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died on Monday at the age of 92. He rose from rural poverty to the pinnacle of power, and journeyed from racism to racial ...

The doors to the Senate Parliamentarian's office are seen in the U.S. Capitol on June 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senate ...

Days before the deadline, the parliamentarian in the U.S. Senate is stripping portions of President Donald Trump's tax and ...

Updated: July 19, 2010 Robert C. Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia, was a Senator for 51 years and a member of the House for 6, making him the longest-serving member of the Senate and Congress ...