Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, John P.: Who gets paid during a federal ...

Democrats are ramping up pressure on Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in the newest member of Congress.

Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, Eli B.: What happens if essential federal ...

President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place toward ...

As the government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight. “You have to negotiate,” Sen.

The move is being seen by many as a strongarm tactic to pressure Democrat lawmakers into budging and reopening the government ...

“If Republicans govern by poll and fail to grab this moment, they will own it,” wrote Texas Rep. Chip Roy, a Republican, in a ...

Democrats are demanding that Congress extend health care benefits, while Republicans are trying to wear them down.

Employee furloughs and potential layoffs would halt some government activities. Other functions — like NASA’s space missions, ...

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, both of New York, tell reporters that they are united as the Sept. 30 funding deadline approaches, at the ...

Mills, 77, is a former state attorney general who won the governorship in 2018 and again in 2022. Maine governors are barred from seeking a third term and, while Mills early this year seemed to ...

The Trump administration has provided a $300 million infusion to a food aid program for low-income mothers and children, ...