The Latest Breaking News from Tom Cole

​House Republicans are discussing a three- to four-week stopgap funding measure to avert a partial government shutdown starting Oct. 1.

The majority of states would lose earmarks in the House GOP-drafted appropriations bills. But 16 mostly deep red states would come out ahead.

West Coast's hopes of avoiding the AFL wooden spoon are set to be boosted over the next three weeks as a host of stars return from injury.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy faced opposition in his own party to a deal hammered out with the White House to avoid default.

Freedom caucus denounces House leader Kevin McCarthy’s deal with Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling before the default deadline

Rep. Steve Womack said Tuesday that lining up support from GOP panel members for appropriations markups remains “a work in progress.”

Lawmakers from both parties suggested negotiators were making progress Thursday toward a bipartisan deal that would raise the debt limit.

The NBA's new collective bargaining agreement makes strides in reducing marijuana restrictions for players.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are more interested in biomedical research than ever, but with limited funds for nondefense spending, experts worry the National Institutes of Health could end up in competition with the new agency the Biden administration wants to build to confront the toughest problems.