Republicans, Ben Carson and Christian leaders will pray for unity, Trump and Israel as the government shutdown standoff drags ...

There has been more optimism in the upper chamber over the last several days than the entire shutdown so far, as more and ...

If the shutdown continues into Wednesday, which lawmakers believe is almost certain, it will shatter that record, set during ...

WASHINGTON – The ongoing government shutdown is about to become the longest in United States history, even as millions of ...

The Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns Act (S.3057) mandates that payroll administrators for each House of Congress keep ...

Senator John Kennedy introduced two bills that would prevent members of Congress from getting paid during a government ...

The public’s frustration with ‘politics as usual’ has led more political newcomers to win office. But amateurs are more likely to view bipartisanship as a concession, not a tool for advancing policy.

Senators from both parties are quietly negotiating the contours of an emerging deal to reopen the government and resolve the ...

A Canadian opposition lawmaker has joined Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing Liberal Party on Tuesday, a political coup on a day when the government announced its budget for the year.

A defining week has dawned in American politics with huge implications for Donald Trump’s second presidency, for his fellow Republicans and for a Democratic Party seeking to build a new future from ...

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that he was “optimistic” the Senate could vote to reopen the ...