President Donald Trump has taken a shine to the government taking stakes in the private sector. But his administration took a pass on bailing out troubled Spirit Airlines. The discount carrier ceased operations Saturday. Trump had said the government was interested in a stake in the carrier “if it's a good deal.” Under Trump, the government earlier invested in Intel and U.S. Steel and had made other deals that go against the traditional Republican position about Washington picking winners and losers. Critics say Trump's deals reflect his transactional nature. Others see some logic in competing against heavily subsidized Chinese manufacturers.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has lamented he would like to preside over a “normal Congress.” But the chamber the Republican is leading is anything but. There are all-night sessions. Hours of dead zones with no action on the floor. Legislation being written on the fly, behind closed doors. Sudden votes scheduled. Spectacular failures. And, as happened this week, stunning turnarounds in which the House actually passes bills. Johnson acknowledges what he calls a sometimes ugly process. But Johnson said this week the lawmakers "got it done.” Republicans are trying to persuade voters in November to keep them in power. Democrats are trying to regain majority control and say Republicans can't govern.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House took a crucial step Wednesday toward funding the Department of Homeland Security, as the Trump administration warn…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats accused the Trump administration of abandoning the Environmental Protection Agency's mission to protect hum…

Supporters of a controversial California proposal to implement a one-time tax on billionaires say they have enough signatures to qualify it for the November ballot. The goal of the proposal is to generate $100 billion in revenue for the state to backfill federal cuts to Medicaid, which provides healthcare to low-income people. Critics, including tech leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom, say it could drive the state's wealthiest to leave. California's budget already relies heavily on income taxes from the state's richest people. The Secretary of State still needs to verify the signatures and officially qualify the measure.

President Donald Trump's “gold card” visa, where a foreigner can shell out at least $1 million to legally live and work in the U.S., has been …

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was weighing a taxpayer-funded takeover of Spirit Airlines with the intent of res…

President Donald Trump has announced a deal with Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products. The agreement, announced Thursday, includes lowering the prices of current and future drugs on Medicaid and selling a cholesterol drug for $225 on the White House’s discounted drug website, TrumpRx. The deal first reported by NOTUS is part of the Trump administration's efforts to provide economic relief to Americans ahead of the midterm elections. It's one of many deals the White House has struck that aim to align U.S. pharmaceutical prices with other developed nations. Details of these agreements remain undisclosed, but Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says nonproprietary information will be shared with Congress.

The Senate has taken the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections. The vote early Thursday sends the plan to the House. The entire department has been shut since mid-February as Democrats demanded policy changes after federal agents fatally shot two protesters. Republicans are now trying to fund the two agencies through the complicated, time-consuming process called budget reconciliation, a maneuver that they also used to pass President Donald Trump’s package of tax and spending cuts last year with no Democratic votes.