Kevin Brady

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus programs. Reducing the Fed's efforts to keep borrowing rates...

WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out conservative groups for intrusive and time-consuming scrutiny, but said that the effort was not driven by partisan...

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers accused leaders of the Internal Revenue Service of lying on Friday as they opened the first in a series of investigative hearings about the tax collection agency's targeting of conservative groups. Republicans and Democrats said...

* Lawmakers reaffirm 10-year balanced budget goal * Seek to tie debt limit hike to tax reform By David Lawder and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives vowed on Wednesday to press on with their...

* White House has said it will veto bill * House Republicans are mulling debt ceiling strategy * Bill would allow U.S. Treasury to borrow more funds By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans are expected to pass a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — If anything illustrated President Barack Obama's new sense of self-confidence, it was his State of the Union call for an increase in the national minimum wage. For much of the past two years, the president and his aides have...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is ushering in the new and the old — dozens of eager freshmen determined to change Washington and the harsh reality of another stretch of bitterly divided government. The 113th Congress will convene Thursday at the...

In the 1920s, in the wee small hours of the mornings, employees at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas sang while they worked. One, Jack Culpepper, went into vaudeville, where he teamed up with a dance partner named Ginger. They married and performed as...

WASHINGTON (AP)— Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to lift the U.S. economy if it weakens. But he didn’t signal any imminent action in testimony before a congressional panel Thursday. Bernanke...

South Dakota will be front and center of the annual Democrats vs. Republicans baseball game Thursday in Washington at Nationals Park. Recently retired Rapid City Post 22 coach Dave Ploof will be honored at the 51st annual Roll Call Congressional...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A united House Republican leadership surrendered crisply and cleanly on legislation to extend expiring payroll tax cuts for 160 million Americans, skipping most if not all of the self-defeating drama that accompanied their far...

Local Reaction: On Wednesday, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest network of breast cancer activists, announced that it would no longer grant funds to Planned Parenthood of America for breast health education and cancer screenings....