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.

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 Senate is scheduled to reconvene on Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. The Senate will then vote on a measure to end the shutdown around 5:30 p.m.

John Bolton has been charged with storing top secret records at home and sharing with relatives notes that contained ...

U.S. House districts are typically redrawn once a decade, immediately after a census, but some states allow it to happen more ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to halt the state-ordered euthanasia of a visually impaired fawn living at a wildlife center in Michigan. That fawn, Peanut, was ...

Here’s what you need to know about the insurgent candidate whose far-left positions have some watchers breaking out in sweat.