First year of 119th Congress features record Senate votes and fastest cabinet confirmations in 20 years, but also longest ...

Washington — The U.S. government shut down Wednesday morning after President Trump and congressional Republicans at odds with Democrats over the path forward were unable to avert a lapse in federal ...

President Trump is deploying the D.C. National Guard and taking temporary control of the city's police force, marking a significant escalation in his long-running threats to federalize the nation's ...

Oct. 8 (UPI) --Government shutdowns are the mark of some of the most tumultuous times on Capitol Hill in the United States, grinding government operations to a halt as lawmakers reach an impasse over ...

President Donald Trump is renewing his quest to take mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public after nearly two decades of federal control over the industry giants. They play a crucial role in ...

At midnight Oct. 1, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to agree on funding. Democrats and Republicans were deadlocked over health care subsidies and spending cuts, leaving hundreds of ...

General Douglas MacArthur, commanding general for the unified U.N. forces Aiding the Republic of Korea to repel the North Korean Communists, and a staff officer (right) inspecting a North Korean tank ...

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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said, "The Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying Republicans are in charge of the government. We aren’t. Not in the Senate. Sixty ...

Washington — The U.S. government reopened Wednesday, Nov. 12, after a record-breaking 43-day-long shutdown that began Wednesday, Oct. 1, as President Trump and congressional Republicans were unable to ...