It's the main U.S. agency tasked with overseeing the financial products and services used by everyday Americans. The CFPB's new head has closed its offices and told staff to stay home.

In Pat Grassley's first election as speaker, he wasn't sure he'd keep the majority. Now he's leading the first Iowa House supermajority in 50 years.

It’s unclear how much might be cut in efforts to weed out waste or inefficiencies — terms themselves that are entirely ...

The Senate Democratic caucus got a little bigger Monday, as Sen. Mike Zimmer was sworn into office after scoring a surprise ...