S.D., wanted to keep lawmakers in town until the shutdown ended. While there was activity, no path forward has materialized ...

California voters approved its state new U.S. House map as a counter to Texas redistricting plan which passed this fall.

The Senate's top Republican says a potential deal is “coming together” on the government shutdown, but there's no guarantee it would end an impasse now stretching to 40 days ...

The Republican leader in the US senate said a potential deal was “coming together” on the government shutdown but that there ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker he's hopeful the government shutdown will end ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's top diplomat in Peru has left the country, the South American country said, amid heightened tensions ...

Democratic leaders are pushing hard for an extension of subsidies for health plans offered under the Affordable Care Act ...

I can't imagine a Democrat Senate or a Senate candidate not having to pledge that," Johnson said on "Sunday Morning Futures" ...

Spanberger said Sunday the federal government must reopen after her election, saying state residents want it to.

Senate Democrats will huddle in person this afternoon to decide who, if any, will vote on a deal to end the government ...

The record-long government shutdown is affecting air travel and food stamp benefits. Follow here for the latest news updates.

Senate Republicans hope that the package will be enough to entice enough Senate Democrats to break the logjam in the upper chamber and inch Congress closer to ending the now 40-day shutdown.