President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the "Nuclear Option" of scrapping the key 60-vote threshold required for the ...

A federal judge suggested she could rule within the day on whether to order the Trump administration to release $5 billion in contingency funds for SNAP.

Mid-cycle congressional redistricting efforts could move forward Friday in two more states amid maneuvering to influence ...

Senators continued to express cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, but the chamber adjourned without ...

Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming said he wasn’t worried about his own air travel as air traffic control snarls, but did “worry about the flights of thousands and thousands of people.” Mixing ...

What’s seldom understood by the program’s critics is its importance to the U.S. economy generally and the farm economy in particular.

LIVE: Listen to Birmingham Mayor Randall WoodfinBirmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin is holding a news conference to discuss the ...

As the government shutdown continues, expiring 'SNAP' benefits have become the focal point in the ongoing battle.

Many active duty troops live paycheck to paycheck and survive on only one income. Even when they get paid, the shutdown is deepening the financial strain that many families face, said Delia Johnson, ...

The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be ...

Certain senators know it’s time for the government shutdown to come to an end. So does House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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 ...