Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate. The filibuster requires most legislation to get 60 votes, which has allowed ...

Get live updates and the latest news as the government shutdown hits the one month mark, with Trump administration promising ...

Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, again rejected President Trump’s call to eliminate ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune's stance on the filibuster is "unchanged" despite President Trump's call to scrap the rule to end the government shutdown. Follow live updates here.

Jeff Merkley, a Democrat in the U.S. Senate since 2009, raised the most out of his Oregon congressional colleagues this ...

The air is turning blue over the Capitol Dome. And the government is more shut than ever. Washington woke Thursday to a whiff of rare hope that behind-the-scenes efforts were accelerating in the ...

On Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the past Congress governments for weakening national sovereignty, citing policy failures in Kashmir, the Northeast, and the rise of ...

Congress and state officials are scrambling to continue SNAP benefits despite the shutdown, but the first lapse in food ...

The control tower stands at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as a plane takes off on October 27. The Federal Aviation Administration has again reported air traffic control staffing problems ...

The fate of SNAP has become a flashpoint in the shutdown, as nearly 42 million Americans face possible interruptions.

The billionaire and fascism enthusiast’s company SpaceX is getting $2 billion in government funding to develop satellites ...