We are on Day 37 of the longest government shutdown ever. Will the Senate vote today to reopen the government? What time? See ...

The government shutdown has reached Day 38, the longest in history. Will the Senate vote today to reopen the government? See ...

The shutdown, now in its 34th day, will become the longest in U.S. history on Tuesday, Nov. 4, surpassing the record set in ...

President Donald Trump confirmed that he would sign a bill compelling the Justice Department to release files related to the ...

• Senate moves forward: The Senate has voted 60-40 on a key step toward reopening the government. The vote came after a critical group of eight Senate Democratic centrists reached a deal with Senate ...

Trump said this afternoon he would be open to launching strikes in Mexico as part of his administration's efforts to target ...

The Senate is moving toward a deal to end the 40-day government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, sparking ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley has been speaking for more than 15 hours, as of Wednesday morning, warning abut the "grave threat" posed by Donald Trump to American democracy. "I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight ...

The government shutdown 2025 is now the second-longest in history, with another Senate vote today, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, on a House-backed measure to reopen the government. As the shutdown ...

The Senate votes today, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 on the Shutdown Fairness Act 2025, a GOP-backed bill that would pay federal employees who are working during the government shutdown 2025, with ...

WASHINGTON – A showdown is brewing on Capitol Hill. A Democratic senator took the floor all night to protest President Donald Trump’s administration, leaving a vote on the government shutdown up in ...

The Senate will return today, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, amid the second-longest government shutdown in history, although a Senate vote today to reopen the government is not likely as the outlook looks ...