More critical services are at risk of lapsing this month as President Donald Trump and the GOP remain at an impasse over funding the federal government. Follow for live updates.

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After the 2013 government shutdown ended, Republican leaders made clear they had only been humoring Sen. Ted Cruz and his plot to defund Obamacare.

Elections in multiple states on Tuesday are set to gauge how voters feel in the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency — and whether Democrats have improved their standing with the midterm ...

Senators have left Washington as the government shutdown marks day 31 and amid a looming deadline for SNAP benefits.

President Donald Trump had his fun, with red carpet welcomes, impromptu dances, the gift of a golden crown and a yet another ...

The top two Republicans in Congress are showing no interest in taking the unprecedented step of ending the legislative ...

With the high-stakes New York mayoral contest hanging in the balance, the largest police department in the country may find itself caught between the promise of reform and the stability that followed ...

Giovanni Lanzo is “still tossed up” about the mayor’s race – that’s Brooklyn for undecided. But he understands the stakes.

This week’s election will likely mark another milestone in the partitioning of America into divergent and increasingly hostile blocs of red and blue states.