The government shutdown is now the second longest in history as Congress prepares to vote again. Here's the latest.

Optus boss Stephen Rue rejects the telco misled Communications Minister Anika Wells on the day of triple-0 outage, as executives from the company face a Senate inquiry today.  Follow live.

In a possible shutdown reprieve for millions of families on the brink of losing food aid, two federal judges have ruled the Trump administration cannot stop funding for SNAP benefits.  Regular funding ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins will speak with reporters Friday morning as the government shutdown stretches past the ...

The Senate on Thursday voted to terminate President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, after passing two resolutions seeking to ...

The Senate is set to vote Thursday on legislation that would eliminate President Trump’s authority to impose steep tariffs ...

The Senate passed a resolution Thursday that would undo many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs around the globe, the latest ...

November 2025 Reporting date: 11 February 2026 Terms of Reference An inquiry into Triple zero service outages, with particular reference to: the ...

Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and the committee’s leadership are expected to brief the press on their oversight of the ...

The effort to address the SNAP funding lapse follows a multistate lawsuit led by Democratic attorneys general and governors.

The Senate failed for a 13th time to advance a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow ...