But as President Donald Trump welcomed Republican senators for lunch in the newly renovated Rose Garden Club — with construction underway on the new White House ballroom — he portrayed a different vision of America as a unified GOP refuses to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds, and the government shutdown drags on.

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, Senate Republicans are headed to the White House — not for urgent talks on how to end it, but for a display of unity with President Donald Trump as t

The bill failed by a vote of 54-46, as 60 votes were needed to move the process forward. Three members of the Democratic caucus voted once again to reopen the government.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who led the Shutdown Fairness Act, is "hopeful" to reach a bipartisan agreement to pay federal employees as soon as this weekend.

Despite recent controversies, Platner has a huge lead in a recent poll and is drawing big crowds, while the two-term governor Mills is counting on her experience and achievements.

County Commissioners on Thursday appointed former Republican House Leader Christine Drazan to the Senate seat once held by former Sen. Daniel Bonham.

The North Carolina Senate approved a new congressional map aimed at helping Republicans eke out an additional GOP seat to help shore up the party’s majority in the US House after next year’s midterm elections.

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The special election was necessary after State Sen. Roger Nutt, R-Spartanburg, and State Rep. Bobby Cox, R-Greenville, resigned from office

The Michigan Senate voted Tuesday to increase more than 20 hunting and fishing license fees in a move supporters said would stabilize funding for the Department of Natural Resources by creating an