About a year ago, President Trump pledged to eliminate the national debt "over a period of eight years." But for the first time in history, the national debt surpassed $21 trillion this week, according to the U.S. Treasury.

House and Senate Republicans on Friday released the final text of their legislative agreement on taxes, after negotiators from both chambers worked out the differences between their two bills.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday afternoon that Senate Republicans have enough votes secured for the GOP tax overhaul. 

Republicans rammed a near $1.5 trillion package overhauling corporate and personal taxes through the House on Thursday, edging President Donald Trump and the GOP toward their first big legislative triumph in a year in which they and their voters expected much more.

In his daily prayer on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Senate Chaplain Rev. Barry Black appeared to reflect on the decision by two GOP lawmakers a day earlier to condemn the president's behavior.

Can the traditional Republican Party survive the presidency of Donald Trump? 

Senator Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said Sunday that if the GOP doesn't act on tax reform, just one item on Congress' agenda, "we're dead."  

Pushing toward the Republicans’ prime goal of tax legislation, the GOP Senate leader and members of the Budget Committee are scrambling to come up with a budget deal to clear the way for the first tax overhaul in three decades. 

Senate Republican leaders on Thursday released a modified version of their health care bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, but the changes may not be enough to win over both conservatives and moderates who were opposed to the original plan.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has narrowly approved President Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state.

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin met with President-Elect Donald Trump on Monday, and said it was, "Just an initial meeting to discuss a wide range of topics."