The president tends to prefer barking orders, rather than publicly imploring GOP lawmakers to follow his lead. To prevent a shutdown, he made an exception.

During a government shutdown, all government workers deemed nonessential are furloughed until a deal is reached to reopen the government. Essential workers are expected to keep working without pay ...

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, signed legislation late last week to bolster religious freedom from state-level rules ...

Live updates and the latest news as President Donald Trump signs executive orders and Congress works to pass a spending bill ...

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar joined “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown” to discuss how the Democratic Party ...

President Trump’s pledge to open up federal land for housing construction could alleviate the housing market’s top financial ...

The Supreme Court rejected a GOP-led lawsuit aiming to halt climate change cases against Big Oil. Democratic states can ...

The Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives plan to vote on Tuesday on a six-month stopgap funding bill to ...

A majority of Americans now approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance, a little more than a month into his second ...

A House Republican plan to keep the federal government open past Friday by putting most agencies' funding on autopilot ...

For now, at least, Sanders stands alone as the only elected official willing — or perhaps able — to mount a national campaign ...

House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead ...