• Shutdown-related firings begin: White House budget chief Russell Vought announced the government has started firing federal workers as the shutdown drags on. So far, it appears the Departments of ...

• No votes tonight: The Senate won’t vote on any government funding bills this evening. That means the shutdown will continue into tomorrow, when another round of votes on proposals to reopen the ...

The only Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission says chairman Brendan Carr's belief that the FCC isn't independent ...

More than seven days into the sweeping government shutdown with no end in sight, the Senate rejected Democratic and Republican plans to reopen the government. The failure to pass a funding package ...

We look at where the willingness among Democrats and Republicans is to end the government shutdown, as well as U.S. strikes on alleged cartel boats in the Caribbean. We're joined now by NPR senior ...

The survey findings, shared exclusively with NBC News, also point to which local institutions help reduce political strife.

Charlamagne tha God revealed what surprised him most about politics in 2025, criticizing both parties for their lack of ...

I’m often struck by how often I meet people who think that all politics are dirty. They view politics as innately unethical, ...

The federal government’s partial shutdown entered its 14th day on Tuesday, Oct. 14, with little progress to show for it. While the House is technically not in session this week, Democratic Leader ...

The 2025 government shutdown is hours away from breaking a record to be the longest-ever in history. The prior record was held by the 2018-2019 government shutdown during President Donald Trump's ...

The 41-day-long government shutdown isn't over, even though the Senate took the first steps to passing funding that would buy Congress time until Jan. 30 to to pass a budget. If the Senate passes the ...