TNR’s Monica Potts and Alex Shephard say the Democrats’ decision to cut a deal and end the shutdown was stupid but not ...

Senator Schumer had little choice but to lead his party into a shutdown fight. Democratic officials, activists, commentators ...

Senate Republican and Democratic leaders say they need to resolve an objection from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) about a provision ...

Shutting down the government never produces anything — it never has,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday.

President Trump has become an unexpected ally in the progressive quest to eliminate the filibuster, deciding that anger over ...

Ron Johnson's reversal came just after President Trump called on Senate Republicans to end the filibuster as a way to end the government shutdown ...

The filibuster is a deformed anachronism. Its demise would benefit the whole country, and Democrats especially.

As travelers waited in suspense on Thursday to learn whether their flights would be among those canceled starting Friday ...

President Trump calls on Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown. And, the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether ...

Donald Trump, for the first time in his presidency, is limping - and he's starting to make more mistakes and look confused ...

President Donald Trump is finding that Senate Republicans have a limit as he pushes them to scrap the filibuster.

Bipartisan Senate talks aimed at ending the government shutdown continued as both parties grappled with the fallout from ...