Senators continued to express cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, but the chamber adjourned without ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune promised after last year's election that the legislative filibuster, which requires 60 ...

The filibuster is a long-standing tactic in the Senate to delay or block votes on legislation by keeping the debate running.

That means the shutdown, in its 30th day, appears all but certain to stretch into another week, putting it on track to become ...

President Donald Trump has called on Republicans to exterminate the filibuster rule to clear a path for the end of the government shutdown. Why It Matters. The filibuster—a proc ...

Get live updates and the latest news as Trump concludes Asia trip after meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea and the government ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors ...

The U.S. senator says forcing members of Congress to give up their paychecks during government shutdowns would end them ...

The latest resolution, which would effectively end most of Trump's tariff policies, passed on a 51-47 vote, with four ...

The FBI has fired a special agent who previously helped oversee public corruption cases, including an investigation that became part of former special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into President Donald ...

Va., slammed the Trump administration for excluding Democrats from briefings on strikes targeting alleged drug boats, calling the move "dangerous." ...

John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news ...