The federal shutdown was set to stretch through the weekend after Republicans and Democrats failed to attract enough bipartisan support for their proposals. The New York Times The Senate adjourned for ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Some advocates are speaking out against the R.I. Department of Environmental Management’s (DEM) plan to thin out 32 acres of land in the Great Swamp Management Area in ...

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republican leaders refused requests from Democrats to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday, saying she will be sworn in when the House ...

Mr. Shenk is a historian of modern American politics and has written extensively about the fight for control of the Democratic Party. This essay is the first installment in a series on the thinkers, ...

Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won a special election for her late father’s House seat in Arizona, narrowing the Republican majority in Congress amidst slim partisan voting margins over government ...

The National Archives apologized to Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill after the National Personnel Records Center released her military records, including sensitive information like her social security ...

House Democrats called for an investigation into the release of Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s, D-NJ, military records Thursday. Sherrill, who is running for governor in New Jersey against Republican Jack ...

Millions of dollars sent to Barack Obama’s foundation has ended up being donated to a progressive fund that supported anti-Israel groups, accused of setting up encampments at Ivy League universities, ...

Economists braced for the worst when President Trump announced his tariff plan in April, yet the U.S. economy remained resilient. Here’s how that strength could be tested in the coming months. Photo ...

President Donald Trump plans to accept an invitation from top Congressional Democrats to meet and discuss a solution for avoiding a government shutdown. Over the weekend, Senate Democratic Leader ...