These 8 senators broke ranks with Democrats on shutdown deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The senators — eight in total — faced almost instant blowback from Democrats as they…
Senate inches closer to vote on government shutdown deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was drawing closer to a vote on legislation to end the shutdown on…
Shutdown reaches its 40th day as senators work through a crucial weekend
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown stretched into its 40th day Sunday even as senators stayed in Washington…
Residents in some states get SNAP food aid while others still wait
People in some U.S. states are able to buy groceries with federally funded SNAP benefits this weekend while…
Trump signals no shutdown compromise with Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s first weekend session since the beginning of the shutdown yielded few signs of…
Democrats seize on Trump administration’s efforts to fight food stamp payments
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration’s legal efforts to fight having to fully fund food…
Washington’s struggling economy takes another hit from the shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the combination of the longest government shutdown, the mass firings of government workers and…
The Latest: Hundreds of flights canceled nationwide due to government shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration ’s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown…
Trump administration moves to pause full November SNAP payments
BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s…
Republicans try to end shutdown without health care fix
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are moving to try to end the government shutdown by preparing a new…
Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund…
Trump faces rare GOP pushback on scrapping the filibuster
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress have spent most of the year acquiescing to President Donald Trump’s demands…