Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., wanted to keep lawmakers in town until the shutdown ended. While there was a flurry of behind-the-scenes activity, no path forward has materialized yet.
President Trump said he's telling Senate Republicans that money sent to insurance companies should instead go to individuals so they can buy better health care.
Democrats must embrace both progressive and centrist candidates in order to win the 2026 midterm elections, and must focus on local issues in order to win over voters.
From Tennessee's "AOC of TN" to a Gen Z activist and congressional candidates challenging career politicians, meet the progressive candidates pushing the Democratic Party to the left.
Gavin Newsom takes redistricting fight nationwide after California victory, heading to Texas rally as Democrats counter Republican gerrymandering efforts.
Democratic lawmakers deflected questions on why the stock market has had success under President Donald Trump in spite of their dark predictions on the administration’s tariffs.
A federal judge in Oregon ruled Friday that President Trump's administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland after the city and state sued in September to block the deployment.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gave the Trump administration a short reprieve late Friday, putting on hold a lower court ruling that had ordered the government to pay full food stamp benefits, despite the government shutdown.
President Trump said the U.S. will not have representation at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa this year, citing the country's treatment of White farmers.
The Trump administration rushed to the Supreme Court Friday night asking the justices to put on hold lower court action that ordered the government to pay out full food stamp benefits amid the government shutdown.
A federal judge ruled on Friday the Trump administration's National Guard deployment to Portland violated the 10th Amendment after a 3-day trial over ICE building protests.
Senate Republicans seek Democratic support to break filibuster on government funding bill. Bipartisan talks could lead to vote as early as tomorrow to reopen government.
Legal challenge targets UCLA's identity-conscious scholarship programs, claiming they violate federal anti-discrimination laws and university policies.
Senate Democrats on Friday blocked a bill to pay federal workers who've gone without compensation during the 38-day government shutdown, after Republicans rejected Democrats' offer to reopen the government with a one-year extension of enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies.
