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Senators announced a compromise between House and Senate negotiators on the economic stimulus package. Some House Democrats are upset that money for states and schools had been removed from the measure, but backed the deal.

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on a Republican leadership plan to put off the debt ceiling fight for three months. This marks a new strategy for House Republicans who until recently had pledged not to raise the debt ceiling unless it was matched with an equal amount of spending cuts.

Democrats want it to solely investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection by pro-Trump supporters, and Republicans want to expand its scope to include leftist political violence.

A House bill that would effectively ban the slaughter of horses to be used for meat is receiving mixed reactions. Even some people who are horse lovers support slaughter because they believe it's a humane way to dispose of excess horses.

The Obama administration is talking about getting back those big bonuses paid to executives at the AIG insurance company. But Congress is already taking action. The House passed a measure that would impose a 90 percent surtax on those bonuses. The bill clearly targets AIG, but the measure could affect other companies as well.

GOP lawmakers' anger about President Trump's short-term budget deal with Democrats boiled over in a meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney.

Andre Perry of Brookings says discrimination against communities of color also involves lenders, zoning laws and other issues in which the Department of Housing and Urban Development is less involved.

The Illinois House has endorsed the idea of switching to a graduated income tax.Democrats who control the House voted 61-52 on Tuesday on a resolution…

Ankiel entered the major leagues in 1999 as a gifted pitcher, but one day suddenly lost that gift. He talks about his pitching demons, his troubled childhood and his way back to baseball.

An exhibit in Brooklyn aims to upend stereotypes about public housing by profiling residents and their achievements. The curators know their subject well; they once lived in public housing themselves.