The 119th Congress has been one for breaking records, some more welcome than others. The government shutdown now seems set to be the latest opportunity to enter the history books. Nov. 1 marked the ...

This week’s election will likely mark another milestone in the partitioning of America into divergent and increasingly hostile blocs of red and blue states.

As Democrats work to pass California’s Proposition 50 on Tuesday, the national stakes are rising, with partisan battles over congressional redistricting erupting across the country.

Bravo to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other Republican senators for refusing to even consider President Trump’s demand to get rid of the filibuster that protects the rights of the ...

Plans by the Trump administration to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were halted by federal ...

The impacts on basic needs – food and medical care – underscored how the impasse is hitting homes across the United States.

The U.S. House has not met for legislative business in more than six weeks, while U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S ...

More critical services are at risk of lapsing this month as President Donald Trump and the GOP remain at an impasse over funding the federal government. Follow for live updates.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Friday criticized his fellow Democrats for repeatedly voting against legislation to reopen the government — a move that has put aid programs such as the Supplemental ...

Obama once called shutdowns 'total irresponsibility,' now Democrats face same criticism in month-long government closure over ...

The 2025 shutdown is a few days shy of the record set by the 2018-2019 shutdown, which lasted 34 days and took place during President Trump’s first administration.

The government shutdown has reached Day 31, and by Monday it'll tie the longest funding lapse in history. Will Senate vote ...