The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. As party loyalty fades and the definition of that elusive swing voter shifts, elections are ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he’s working to determine which "Democrat" agencies will face cuts after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a government funding package.

A sign announces that the Library of Congress is closed, on the first day of a partial government shutdown, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) WASHINGTON (AP) — ...

It’s too early to blink, but the pressure is slowly beginning to rise. The government shutdown drama is still in its opening act with Democrats and Republicans each heaping blame on the other side.

(ABC News) — The federal government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills. A Democratic-backed spending bill ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place toward the end of his first term after he forced a shutdown ...

As President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats clash ahead of a partial government shutdown that could start Oct. 1, thousands of federal workers are faced with potential furloughs. Barring a ...

We look at where the willingness among Democrats and Republicans is to end the government shutdown, as well as U.S. strikes on alleged cartel boats in the Caribbean. We're joined now by NPR senior ...

Over the past five decades, the US government has shut down 21 times before shutting down Oct. 1, 2025. The longest government shutdown, which lasted 35 days, occurred from December 2018 to January ...

WASHINGTON – Hours before the federal government was set to partially shut down, senators were scheduled to vote again on dueling funding measures to keep the lights on. Neither is expected to succeed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government ...

WSJ reporter Joseph De Avila reports on the billions of dollars in infrastructure funding and energy grants in blue states being frozen, and potentially canceled, during the government shutdown. Photo ...