Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening in protest of President Trump’s policies and has been ...

Merkley spoke for more than 22 hours — from 6:21 p.m. Tuesday to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday — pausing for lengthy questions from ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley is nearing a 15-hour speech on the Senate floor as we reach Day 22 of the shutdown. Here's what we know about the next Senate vote.

As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused Republicans of refusing to work to end the government shutdown and making what she called “insane” demands, the White House’s rapid response account were calling ...

The Senate began voting just before noon today on an extension to reopen the government. Here's what's happened.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held his daily press conference amid the government shutdown, now in its third week.

While President Donald Trump said the shutdown must come to an end — and suggested maybe Smithsonian museums could reopen — ...

Speaking at a "No Kings" rally in Washington, D.C., Bill Nye, the former host of "Bill Nye the Science Guy," urged lawmakers ...

Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) will hold a news conference on Tuesday afternoon with the government shutdown in ...

President Trump will host Senate Republicans at the White House on Tuesday afternoon for a lunch in the newly renovated Rose ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a news conference on the 6th day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Johnson is keeping the House out of ...

"They are the obstructionists," Trump said. Now three weeks in, Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution. The Senate returned on Monday and ...