Senate Democrats largely brushed off the pleas of a longtime party ally to end the 28-day government shutdown on Tuesday, rejecting a clean funding measure to reopen […] ...

The Senate returned to vote for the 13th time to reopen the government today. Here's what happened, what's next.

Donald Trump has privately joked, “I’m the speaker and the president.” Johnson could easily disprove the humiliating joke, ...

In Texas, 3.5 million Texans — including 1.7 million children — rely on SNAP, also referred to as food stamps, each month.

Quiet reductions to need-based student stipends sparked concern among education advocates. Now the Mass. Senate is stepping in.

As the shutdown stalemate continues in the US, President Donald Trump signed a framework with Japan during his Asia diplomacy tour on securing the supply of critical minerals and rare earths. Follow f ...

The Agriculture Department said it can't use contingency funds to pay for SNAP benefits, contradicting earlier guidance that ...

I just need them to come together and do something so I can come back to work,” one loan applicant says of Congress.

Washington’s government shutdown has entered its fifth week with no resolution in sight, as Senate efforts to pass a ...

Federal and state officials warn that November SNAP funds will not be issued without a resolution to the ongoing federal ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments are set to run out Nov. 1 amid the ongoing government shutdown, officials said Tuesday.

Illinois candidate filings for the March 17, 2026 primary began Monday and will end at 4:30 p.m., on Monday Nov. 3. Here are ...