Protesters at Manhattan's "No Kings" rally explain their support for mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as New York City prepares for the November election.

The Trump administration has frozen $11B in blue-state infrastructure projects, blaming Democrats for the shutdown as governors push back.

The current government shutdown is like no previous shutdown in that, this time, the president has labored to reduce the pain on everyday Americans, putting the suffering almost exclusively on federal workers and congressional Democrats' pet projects.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is cheering Democrats battling Republicans as the government shutdown heads into its fourth week.

Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she'd get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much - but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son share with five families, plus electricity, a cellphone and groceries.

Congressional Democrats and Republicans have not come to an agreement to reopen the federal government, stretching the shutdown into its third week. As it carried on into another week, it became one of the three longest shutdowns in U.S. history on Friday. Should it continue through the end of October, more federal employees, including military...

TRENTON — New Jersey Democrats and prominent state leaders have expressed concern that Black and Hispanic voters — historically forming the backbone of the party — may not turn out for Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D) in her quest to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy (D). Some have chalked up the apathy as lingering from last...