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Get live updates from Capitol Hill after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach an agreement to avert a government shut down.

WASHINGTON — A C-SPAN caller made an emotional plea to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Thursday to end the government shutdown, saying that “my kids could die” if she can’t afford their ...

President Donald Trump directed the Department of War and the Office of Management and Budget to continue paying active-duty troops using remaining available Pentagon funds. The White House memorandum ...

C-SPAN’s Ceasefire, the new series designed for civil conversations among partisan opposites, is landing at a moment when there is a real ceasefire, a first phase of a peace agreement reached to end ...

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military. It’s the most dramatic step ...