Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening in protest of President Trump’s policies and has been speaking for more than 16 hours — with a handful of other Democrats ...

The government shutdown reached 3 weeks with no end in sight, as furloughs and Obamacare health insurance premiums rise.

Merkley started speaking at 6:21 p.m. Tuesday evening and has been talking for more than 15 hours, with occasional breaks for ...

The Senate on Wednesday is slated to vote on the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government for the 12th time. But first, Sen. Jeff Merkley will need to wrap up, as he has been ...

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

Lawyer Pitabash Panda was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants near his Berhampur residence late on October 6. The ...

In 2018, Texas and a group of other Republican-led states filed a lawsuit claiming the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ...

History suggests it’s Democrats who would eventually back down from their position in the shutdown stalemate. But they seem ...

Homes and streets across the country were illuminated Monday. The dates of the festival are based on the Hindu lunar calendar ...

Even so, the Bears matched their longest winning streak since the 2018 NFC North champions won the final four regular-season ...

The federal government shutdown rolled on to its 20th day on Monday as a resolution remains elusive amid a bitter stalemate ...

Mamdani’s emergence is the biggest electoral achievement the DSA has ever had, well beyond the scattered state legislature and city council seats flipped their way in recent years.