Thanks to the 2019 Government Shutdown Prevention Act, if there is a shutdown Friday, 11:59 p.m., eventually back pay must be provided to the majority of furloughed workers. However, with the ...

Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

Democrats have been struggling in how to deal with the dizzying flood of unilateral actions coming from Donald Trump these past 54 days, but tonight’s midnight deadline to keep the federal ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he’s ...

On spending, oversight and other issues, Republican lawmakers have willingly ceded power traditionally reserved for Congress ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led ...

Ocasio-Cortez slammed Senate Democrats looking to advance an "extreme" bill that turns the government into a "slush fund" for ...

The White House abruptly withdrew Dr. Dave Weldon's nomination to lead the CDC, canceling his confirmation hearing.

Virginians will choose a new governor this year, as incumbent Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is term-limited. So far, Democrats have coalesced behind former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, but the Republican ...

A second attempt by the West Virginia Democratic Party to get a Democrat appointed to the House of Delegates seat vacated by former Delegate-elect Joseph de Soto has been dismissed, though the first ...

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.