As the federal shutdown approaches the one-month mark, Americans are feeling the impact of lost funding and closed programs.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has resisted calls for smaller, separate spending bills after Schumer and his party ...

With SNAP benefits set to lapse, the need for reform of the nation’s social safety net is more evident than ever, writes ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped ...

The government shutdown is only becoming harder for Americans to bear. But Republicans and Democrats still have yet to strike ...

As Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs considers her options, politicians and officeholders are tossing suggestions her way.

The state stopped issuing new vouchers last December, and nearly 31,000 children were on the waitlist as of September.

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, ...

Top Massachusetts House Democrats made clear Wednesday that they do not plan to turn to Massachusetts’ massive rainy day fund ...

“The U.S. bishops are deeply alarmed that essential programs that support the common good, such as SNAP, may be interrupted,” Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic ...

Sheffield Wednesday opened their doors on Wednesday for an opening training session in an effort to keep the recent feel-good ...

There may be no rank-and-file Democratic senator with more at stake from the federal government shutdown than Georgia's Jon ...