With hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House has approved a new plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but dropped President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

Donald Trump seemed poised to inherit a relatively strong economy when he begins a second term in the White House in January.

Thousands of people have been arrested under Texas’ human smuggling law. Now they face at least a decade in prison under sentencing guidelines that took effect this year.

Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to delay legal proceedings until Jan. 13 — the day before the committee disbands — even as lawmakers vowed to continue fighting to hear from Roberson.

Michigan Democrats are ending their final days in control of the state government bogged down with disunity and inaction.

President Joe Biden’s administration has started to withdraw pending regulations that won’t be finalized by the time he leaves office.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced the new strategy, which will cost an estimated $100,000, during a press conference in Eagle Pass.

The Public Utility Commission found that the performance credit mechanism, a financial tool the Legislature capped at $1 billion, would only marginally improve reliability of the state power grid.

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing the possibility of a federal government shutdown to the brink in Washington.

The United States has more than doubled the number of its forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group.

Elon Musk’s role in taking down a bipartisan budget deal shows his ascendance as a political force.

American farmers are hoping that aid to agriculture will be revived as Congress struggles to avert a looming partial government shutdown.