Former special counsel Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Department allow him to testify publicly, ...

Tax credits for people who get health insurance through the law expire at the end of the year. Democrats say they won’t vote ...

As we reach Day 23, the bitter battle in the Senate continues. Will the Senate vote today? Here's timing, more.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., held the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes in protest of what he described as ...

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 ...

At a lunch with GOP senators at the White House, President Trump stood firm in his demands that Democrats vote to end the ...

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is showing his anger as he becomes perhaps the most prominent Republican figure in the GOP’s ...

While the blame game in D.C. over the government shutdown gets louder, the effects on the ground so far in Louisiana have ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday walked back his agreement to debate House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ...

The federal government remains closed, but will another Senate vote today reopen it? See time, how to watch, more details.

Get live updates from Capitol Hill after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach an agreement to avert a government shut ...