Washington — The longest government shutdown in history came to an end on Wednesday after weeks of gridlock causing air...

A provision of the legislative package that would end the shutdown allows senators to bring lawsuits if federal law enforcement...

  6m ago Johnson: "Our long national nightmare is finally coming to an end" At his daily shutdown press conference...

  26m ago What the Senate is voting on today The Senate is not currently scheduled to vote on the...

  Updated 18m ago Government shutdown now the longest in U.S. history The shutdown became the longest in U.S. history...

Washington — The contours of a potential deal to reopen the government began to emerge on Tuesday as the shutdown...

Walking to the Senate floor on Monday afternoon, Thune was asked by a reporter if he was "optimistic of the...

President Trump late Sunday called again for the Senate to do away with the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold needed to...

Washington — The Senate voted Thursday to approve a resolution that would block President Trump's tariffs on countries around the...

For the first time in weeks, senators expressed cautious optimism on Wednesday about talks aimed at ending the shutdown. After Senate...