Your government is failing you right now. Poverty is not red or blue,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said at a Capitol Hill press conference alongside House Speaker Mike

Trump’s sudden decision to assert himself into the shutdown debate — bringing the highly charged demand to end the filibuster — is certain to set the Senate on edge. It could spur senators toward their own compromise or send the chamber spiraling toward a new sense of crisis.

With the shutdown ball squarely in the Senate’s court, a fair question feels timelier than ever: Is the United States Senate what our Founders envisioned it to be — or has it fallen short of their design? The honest answer lies somewhere in the gray.

One of the most significant developments involves Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills officially entering the Democratic primary to challenge longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

State Rep. James Talarico pitched his U.S. Senate bid in El Paso, urging voters to embrace a “politics of love” and fight for people over big money.