In perhaps the most publicly tense moment of this 29-day standoff, Senate Majority Leader John Thune blocked an effort by ...

Two GOP senators are looking into hiring policies for the Fire Department and Department of Water and Power as part of their ...

The idea that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will be withheld as part of the power play on the part of ...

Medicare beneficiaries taking certain medications face steep cost increases in 2026 as new budget rules weaken price negotiation powers.

Republicans on Indiana’s State Budget Committee rejected an effort to direct state surplus funding to low-income Hoosiers and ...

The Congressional Budget Office outlined the shutdown’s potential effects on real GDP if it ended Wednesday, in two weeks and ...

John Thune erupted in anger on the Senate floor, blasting Democrats as the 30-day shutdown threatens SNAP benefits for ...

Drop Dead” stunned the city at a time of budgetary peril. New York’s finances are far stronger today, but antagonism from ...

The government shutdown is only becoming harder for Americans to bear. But Republicans and Democrats still have yet to strike a funding deal.

As the ballroom story gets more damaging for Trump against a backdrop of terrible economic news, a progressive organizer ...

Nearly 2 million people in Illinois may lose food assistance starting Saturday because of the government shutdown. The state ...

Democrats and Republicans debated where funding could come from to reopen two housing facilities for homeless veterans.