A top economist in the Trump administration offered a fresh warning Friday about the record-setting government shutdown’s damaging effects, as the Senate struggled to make a deal to end the closure ...

During his remarks from the Senate floor today, Senator Peter Welch called out Trump's attempt to bypass congressional oversight. Welch stated, "We have to make that decision." Dimon on JPMorgan Chase ...

Arizona Democrats Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly tried to get the Senate to pressure the House to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva with a measure blocked by Republicans. Sen. John Barrasso, ...

At 41 days and counting, the end of the longest shutdown in government history could be in sight. A group of Democrats and one independent crossed the aisle to make a deal with Republicans. It still ...

The Senate has advanced a plan to end the government shutdown, after a group of Democrats broke with leadership to vote for the deal. We discuss what's in the deal and what to make of the politics of ...

The government shutdown is one step closer to ending after the Senate passed a stopgap funding bill Nov. 9. The measure passed in a a 60-40 vote. Voting on the funding extension fell mostly along ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may be ending after a bipartisan funding resolution passed the Senate. The shutdown, which began on Oct. 1, has disrupted SNAP benefits, delayed flights ...

WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) proposed extending expiring healthcare subsidies for a year as part of a measure to reopen the government, but the move aimed at breaking the ...

Eight Democrats joined Republicans in voting on a step toward re-opening the government late Nov. 9, including one lawmaker from Illinois. The ongoing shutdown is the longest in U.S. history, ...

Editor’s note: This story was posted Nov. 1, prior to the Nov. 4 special election in which Prop. 50 passed Mike McGuire was in his element, standing behind a lectern at the Cloverdale Veterans ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - As Congress comes close to ending the government shutdown, Senator Rand Paul’s push to remove a hemp provision from the federal spending bill was voted down. The provision ...