Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan ...

Senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago, hoping ...

The record-breaking government shutdown is set to drag on longer after Republicans balked at a potential compromise floated ...

Tensions flared between Republicans and Democrats as the Senate appeared to move further from a government shutdown ...

Trump again attacked the filibuster during the government shutdown, citing sweeping policy changes and dangling the prospect ...

President Donald Trump on Friday told Senate Republicans not to leave Washington until they strike a deal to end the ...

Almost all Senate Democrats rejected a bipartisan bill Friday evening to pay active-duty troops and federal employees reporting to work, ...

Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana told Fox News host Martha MacCallum Friday that he prayed for patience after hearing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s latest demands to end the ...

More than 1,000 flights have been canceled and at least 5,000 delayed today, mostly due to a combination of air traffic controller staffing issues and an FAA-mandated 4% cut to flights because of the ...

Democrats and Republicans appear to be moving further apart on the shutdown, but there are signs that lawmakers could be ...

Thune trashed Dems' offer to end the shutdown that “doesn’t even get close” after a proposal to extend Obamacare tax credits in exchange for reopening.

Taking to Truth Social on Friday afternoon, Trump wrote, "The United States Senate should not leave town until they have a ...