Tax credits for people who get health insurance through the law expire at the end of the year. Democrats say they won’t vote ...

The Senate again voted down the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government Wednesday. The 12th vote on the ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening in protest of President Trump’s policies and has been ...

Merkley spoke for more than 22 hours — from 6:21 p.m. Tuesday to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday — pausing for lengthy questions from ...

The Democratic Senator from Oregon is delivering an hours-long speech in the against President Trump. This blog is now closed ...

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Our live coverage of the government shutdown has ended for the day. Read more here or in the posts below. The American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County ...

Amid accusations he is carrying out a campaign of retribution following the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, President Trump suggested the Department of Justice may be eyeing additional ...

"We will not fund states that allow anarchy," she told reporters. The federal government remains closed amid a bitter impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills. President ...

Mark Daniels, the sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, says reports about conditions at ICE facilities from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have led people to demonstrate against federal ...

A sign indicating that the Federal Trade Commission is closed due to the government shutdown, Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Getty Images) The U.S. government remained shut down as Congress ...

An estimated 70,000 federal workers live in Prince George’s County. They and their families now face the financial impact of the federal shutdown and the Trump administration’s threats of mass firings ...