Black activists shut down Chicago building sites in 1969 in a push for unions to admit more Black and minority members.

The term “shutdown” is also something of a misnomer. Lapses in funding are a bad way to do business, and they can delay ...

House Republicans are overwhelmingly dismissing former President Trump’s calls for a government shutdown in the absence of a ...

A government funding bill that would have included a mandate that states require proof of citizenship when people register to vote failed earlier this week.

Congress needs to pass a spending bill by September 30 to avoid a partial government shutdown. Dockworkers and ports must ...

Party leaders are discussing a three-month deal that is expected to be amenable to Democrats.

In her tough reelection fight for her southwest Washington U.S. House seat, Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez often ...

The deadline for the federal government to avoid a potential government shutdown is Sept 30. If that sounds familiar, it ...

Republicans hold the House, as close as it is. Any movement on bills is theirs to make, or own the failure. So they own this failure. But not with the help of Arkansas' representatives.

But if he doesn't win, the book is going to have to focus on what red states can do to save what's salvageable of the ...

Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert chided that House Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending patch flop would “screw our country more ...