Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks with centrist Democrats have increased and he’s hopeful they could lead eventually to a breakthrough to end the government shutdown.

Senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the latest developments in the federal government shutdown. Rep.

The plan to fund SNAP amid the federal government shutdown faces an uncertain path in a politically divided Michigan ...

Senate Democrats are taking a close look at a Republican proposal to pay all federal employees — including essential and ...

The shift in strategy comes ahead of a weekend of crucial deadlines, such as a lapse in funding for the Supplemental ...

Democratic and Republican strategists and pollsters agree that the government shutdown, which will hit the 30-day mark this ...

Senate Republicans cited a call by the American Federation of Government Employees to pass a funding extension in an attempt ...

Congressional Democrats are marching in lockstep into the fourth week of a government shutdown, even as lawmakers brace for what could be the most painful point yet — a cutoff in federal food aid for ...

CNN data reporter Harry Enten discusses the results of new polls from AP-NORC and Quinnipiac on how the public is responding ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning as the government shutdown ...

Almost a month into the federal government shutdown, concerns over how this could impact Michiganders continue to loom large, ...

The American Federation of Government Employees, in a shift, called on Congress to immediately reopen the government without ...