Republicans are taking solace in recent polling gains over the shutdown and explaining away their current disadvantage.

Washington is in a standoff and the chips are down -- with the government shuttered for weeks, federal workers stuck in limbo ...

As a government shutdown becomes more likely, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows even though President Trump has a low ...

The influence of billionaires on American politics has never been more evident, with the wealthiest people in the US spending record amounts during the 2024 presidential election. Analysis by the ...

Democrats contend Republicans have allowed billionaires to run roughshod over average Americans. It’s a top message for 2026 ...

Trump mentioned in his Truth Social post that eliminating the filibuster would help Republicans get the “best Judges” and the ...

Who do you blame for the government shutdown? That's the question we posed for USA TODAY readers in our latest Opinion Forum, just hours after the federal government pressed pause on Oct. 1. Hundreds ...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was hit with a real-time fact check when asked why House Speaker Mike Johnson has yet to swear in Democratic representative-elect Adelita Grijalva of Arizona. During an ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer got excited on Wednesday afternoon, while answering questions about negotiations with ...

The filibuster is a procedural rule unique to the US Senate that allows a minority of senators to delay or block a bill by ...

President Donald Trump has demanded that Congressional Republicans use the “nuclear option” to unilaterally eliminate the ...

Five Republicans joined with Democrats on a vote to end the national emergency that President Trump has declared as the basis ...