There’s nothing hypocritical about Democrats supporting a filibuster “carve-out” on voting rights but not on the shutdown.

The filibuster is keeping the government shutdown alive. Republicans hold a majority in the Senate, but filibustering Democrats have enough votes to prevent the GOP from reaching the 60-vote threshold ...

Senator Tommy Tuberville calls a rule change ‘a viable option,’ but feature how that turned out for the Democrats on Supreme ...

Unlike Reagan’s other doomed picks, Robert Bork and Douglas H. Ginsburg, Kennedy’s nomination was controversy-free. He was ...

If you're going to have a “No Kings” protest and argue that the current president is a monarch, you better come with evidence ...

Senate Republicans are still a few votes short of reaching the 60-vote threshold to pass their government funding bill. Some ...

A sign indicating that the Federal Trade Commission is closed due to the government shutdown, Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Getty Images) The U.S. government remained shut down as Congress ...

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York changed the subject after MSNBC host Chris Hayes asked Tuesday if she had ...

This essay was reprinted from Brian Beutler’s site Off Message. Subscribe here. I’ve said my piece in several articles over the past many weeks, detailing why Democrats should deny Republicans their ...

The government shutdown blame game is in full swing on Capitol Hill, and early polls suggest Democrats are winning — at least for now. On the first day of the shutdown, The Washington Post released a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown faded Friday as Democrats refused to budge in a Senate vote and President Donald Trump readied plans to unleash layoffs and cuts ...

Republicans and Democrats are trading barbs on Wednesday morning as the federal government settles into the first day of a shutdown. "Democrats made this choice, Democrats forced this crisis, and ...