The longest shutdown in U.S. history is closer to an end after a small group of Senate Democrats struck a deal with ...

The Supreme Court took action tonight that allows the Trump administration to further hold off on fully funding SNAP benefits ...

A monumental bill to automatically seal records for people convicted of nonviolent felonies is heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's ...

The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a ...

Utah will use congressional maps that give Democrats a chance to win elections in two districts after a state judge struck ...

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvnia, who voted repeatedly with Republicans to reopen the government, apologized to Capitol police officers who worked without pay during the shutdown and to SNAP ...

A new bill to end the government shutdown was released Sunday and then approved by the Senate on Monday night with eight members of the Democratic caucus joining with Republicans. The measure now ...

Senate Democrats and Republicans have voted on the first procedural step to end the longest government shutdown in U.S.

But rulings by judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, issued within minutes of each other on Oct. 31, ordered the ...

President Donald Trump says his administration is asking the court to clarify "how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible." ...

A new bill currently moving through the United States Congress has placed Nigeria under intense international scrutiny, with ...