Here's what to know about the longest shutdowns in history, today's Senate vote and the updated betting odds on ... resulting in the 11th government shutdown since 1980. U.S. government shutdowns occur when funding legislation to finance the federal ...

The ongoing government shutdown is breaking milestones as Democrats and Republicans are still far apart on federal spending.

Oklahoma's Republican Congressional delegates blamed Senate Democrats for the government shutdown that will cause SNAP funding to halt starting Nov. 1.

The Senate has voted to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress more than two decades later.

Republican John Sununu announced his bid to regain the New Hampshire U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Democrat Jeanne Shaheen on Wednesday, saying he wanted to "lower the temperature" in what he described as a dysfunctional and angry Washington.

A Pentagon memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, now mandates that all communication with Congress be routed through its main legislative affairs office.

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 32 people in seven strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea. Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States.

A group of hundreds of former U.S. national security officials on Tuesday urged lawmakers to examine an internal government group that has been coordinating President Donald Trump's retribution drive against his perceived enemies.

The North Carolina Senate approved a new congressional map aimed at helping Republicans eke out an additional GOP seat to help shore up the party’s majority in the US House after next year’s midterm elections.