House Speaker Mike Johnson said he texted with President Donald Trump after his late night demand to change the Senate rules ...

In our news wrap Friday, a federal judge is blocking the Trump administration from requiring that voters prove their citizenship, the death toll from Hurricane Melissa has climbed to at least 50 ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson is a towering figure in the Civil Rights Movement, but his political legacy is less often remembered. The ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including the government shutdown barreling toward the date when funding ...

In our news wrap Monday, hundreds of thousands of federal employees are still off the job as the government shutdown enters ...

A cut Wednesday would be the second this year and could benefit consumers by bringing down borrowing costs for mortgages and ...

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats ...

The U.S. and China said they’ve agreed on a framework for a potential trade deal, once again trying to pull back from a trade ...

Millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance. More federal workers will miss their first full paycheck.

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is more eager to talk about struggling soybean farmers than President Donald Trump’s attack on American institutions.

Ahead of Trump’s visit next week, China’s President Xi has launched a major crackdown on the country’s Christians, which number in the tens of millions. Earlier this month, Beijing arrested a ...