Nearly every GOP senator on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration to revisit its decision to approve a new generic form of the abortion pill mifepristone.

The Trump administration pledged to send relief to farmers who are struggling with low crop prices and high costs once the government shutdown ends.

Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff's hometown.

Republican Jack Ciattarelli is taking a page from the political playbooks of Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan in his final pitch to New Jersey voters, trying to rally disillusioned constituents behind his bid for governor.

The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling stopgap bills to fund the government for the seventh time as Republicans slammed Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer for saying every day of the shutdown "gets better" for Democrats.

States are more dependent on the federal government than ever before, with Uncle Sam providing twice as much revenue as he did 35 years ago -- making them more vulnerable to volatility in Washington.

D.C. businesses are investing less in the local economy as they anticipate a prolonged financial downturn driven by federal worker layoffs, the D.C. Policy Center reported.

President Trump signed a proclamation Thursday honoring Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who traveled to the New World in 1492.

President Trump said the 20 live hostages will be released from Gaza early next week after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a peace plan.

The partisan messaging campaigns about the government shutdown unleashed a whirlwind of political spin where obfuscation and twisting of facts are clouding several inconvenient truths about the partisan impasse.