"We have to get the country open. And the way we're going to do it this afternoon is to terminate the filibuster," Trump told ...

Voices in both parties say Democrats and Republicans alike are looking for a deal that would allow them to save face while ending a shutdown that’s causing increasing pain to Americans across the ...

NEW YORK — Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but it won't be the end of civilization. He thinks ...

Massachusetts explores strategies to accelerate residential solar power as the 30% federal tax credit is set to expire at the end of the year.

Rep. Derek Tran knows Orange County is one of the most expensive places to live in the country — and so he’s backing a bill that would finance more affordable homes around the country.

Maryland Democrat says federal workers in his district "absolutely" want shutdown to end Democratic Rep. Johnny Olszewski — whose Maryland district is home to over 20,000 federal workers — said ...

Senate Democrats, fresh off a weekend of anti-Trump rallies, again blocked the Republicans' plan to reopen the government for an 11th time as the shutdown nears its fourth week. Senate Republicans had ...

Oct. 20 (UPI) --Senate Democrats on Monday blocked a GOP-led funding bill, for the 11th time, that would have ended the government shutdown currently in its third week. The vote in the U.S. Senate was ...

South Africa’s Democratic Alliance took aim at the country’s Black economic empowerment laws, setting up a clash with the African National Congress with which it serves in an uneasy governing ...

As the federal shutdown enters its fourth week, senators are scrambling for an exit strategy. But so far, there seems to be little that lawmakers can agree on.

DHS officers — including at ICE — will get paid during shutdown, Noem says Law enforcement officers from the Department of Homeland Security will be paid if they work during the government shutdown, ...

A partial government shutdown is entering its third week as there appears to be little urgency among lawmakers on Capitol Hill to do much of anything to end it. No senator objected when the Senate ...