When asked by a reporter Wednesday if he had taken the sexual harassment training, Cuomo said, "Short answer is yes."

The Education Department announced on Friday that Mark A. Brown, the head of federal student aid, had stepped down.

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Friday scaled back the $400-a-week unemployment payments in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, making a key concession to placate a crucial moderate in their own party who had threatened to defect and derail...

Texas state lawmakers introduced a series of bills designed to address last month’s energy crisis, including one that would require power plants to weatherize and another that would block retailers from exposing consumers to volatile wholesale electricity...

The Senate adopted an amendment to keep the federal unemployment benefit at $300 per week through August. The change passed the Senate 50-49.

Democrats' unemployment insurance plan passed on party line vote.