There was no end in sight on Oct. 30 to the partial shutdown, as Senate Republicans urged Democrats to support a stopgap ...

The federal government is entering yet another week shut down amidst disagreements between Republicans and Democrats in the U ...

On the Senate floor, Sen. Ben Ray Luján pushed a plan to keep SNAP and WIC running during the shutdown; GOP Leader John Thune said the fastest fix is reopening the government. Inside the fiery dispute ...

President Donald Trump has demanded that Congressional Republicans use the “nuclear option” to unilaterally eliminate the ...

The president said it was time for G.O.P. leaders to get rid of the longstanding rule requiring most Senate legislation to ...

Senators continued to express cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, but the chamber adjourned without ...

Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming said he wasn’t worried about his own air travel as air traffic control snarls, but did “worry about the flights of thousands and thousands of people.” Mixing ...

And so, from the Republicans’ perspective, compromise carries a bigger risk than digging in. They’re probably right to feel ...

Project Concern of Cudahy and St. Francis, an emergency food pantry, serves between 500 and 550 families each month.

The filibuster—a procedural move allowing senators to extend debates on bills indefinitely without a 60-vote majority—has ...

Trump said that during his Asia trip, he was asked by foreign leaders why Democrats had shut down the government and why ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune promised after last year's election that the legislative filibuster, which requires 60 ...