WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in ...

A packed legislative agenda for the Illinois General Assembly's fall veto session might not leave much room for the Chicago ...

The current record is 34 days, which occurred during President Donald Trump's first term in 2019. The ongoing shutdown is on its 13th day, making it the fifth longest shutdown on record.

Indivisible Northern Nevada is helping organize a protest Oct. 18. It will include a march from federal building to "Believe" plaza in downtown Reno.

Trump is the only figure who can unify Republicans in Congress. Without him, the House Speaker is sputtering, Eric Garcia ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Democrats are “willfully misleading the American people” when they ...

Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the ...

Demonstrators will be restricted to a smaller protest area near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility ...

The government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a ...

(WIFR/AP) - Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, 83, is set to report to federal prison Monday afternoon. In June, ...

Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) said Thursday that Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was likely to lose a chance at another term as House Speaker over his decision not to bring the lower chamber ...

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her job for another two years, despite the party losing seats to Republicans in the Nov. 3 ...