Live updates and the latest news as the Senate turns to a government funding bill to avoid a shutdown and Trump's pick to ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending ...

If it seems like death penalty cases drag out in the courts already, new legislation introduced on Thursday would ensure that ...

Schumer relented one day after vowing that Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

The Democratic town hall in Omaha follows Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon's announcement this week that he would hold a ...

Midterm elections tend to be unkind to the party in power. The sitting president’s party has lost House seats in every midterm but two dating back to 1950. The last time Donald Trump was president, ...

New Mexico state legislators on Friday will discuss cutting ties with companies that house detained migrants and banning the ...

Democrats will have a third seat being vacated by an incumbent lawmaker in the 2026 midterms with the party trying to retake the majority from Republicans.

The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one.