Probably the most eloquent, best-remembered sentence is in the second paragraph: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, ...

Former Boise Democratic Rep. Todd Achilles announced Tuesday he will challenge longtime U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, a Republican.

Professional politicians is what they have become — Simpson as one of the Appropriation Committee’s cardinals and Crapo at ...

After two years in the Idaho House of Representatives, U.S. Army Veteran Todd Achilles of Boise has his sights set on federal ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has taken up a series of cases to be decided during its next term, which begins in October, involving issues such as transgender rights, campaign finance law, gay "conversion ...

Republican leaders in the House are sprinting toward a Wednesday vote on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts ...

Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday by the narrowest ...

U.S. Senate Republicans approved their signature tax break and spending cuts package Tuesday with a tie-breaking vote cast by ...

On Tuesday, the Senate passed its version in a 51-50 vote. Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. The version that passed the Senate included last-minute adjustments to try ...

He called the two-party system "broken," and said he'll be running as an independent. "Everybody's frustrated" by DC politics ...

As President Donald Trump's Republicans push ahead on a sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that nonpartisan analysts say ...

The bill would extend tax cuts from Trump’s first term and slash more than $1.1 trillion from Medicaid and other health-care ...