Lawmakers left Washington for the weekend appearing no closer to a deal to fund the federal government. Follow live updates on the government shutdown.

Aside from the routinely expiring debt ceiling, the practice of government shutdowns may be the most dramatic, unique and ...

The shutdown messaging war is in full effect, and early indications are that Republicans have been put in something of a bind, given the Democrats’ demand to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies ...

The health care law is again the center of a bitter Washington battle, as Democrats seek to leverage the government shutdown ...

Virginia’s Democratic candidate for attorney general Jay Jones is facing widespread criticism for text messages he sent in 2022 suggesting a colleague should be shot.

Congress left town Wednesday without a solution to break its bitter impasse over government funding, with the shutdown now ...

People in closely-divided Dayton are worried about the effects of the shutdown and blame “dumb politicians” on both sides of the aisle.

Vought has transformed a role typically focused on the weeds of congressional appropriations into Trump’s primary instrument ...

The emails resemble messages that have appeared on several agency webpages amid the shutdown and blame Democratic senators ...

In politics today, negativity is a much easier sell than enthusiasm. For the first time in nearly a decade of polling, more ...

A consensus opinion has emerged about President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election: Disengaged voters were critical.

The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. As party loyalty fades and the definition of that elusive swing voter shifts, elections are ...