Politics / Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this story was first published in 2021, when Democrats were trying to end the filibuster. It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats’ unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate ...

Senate prepares test vote tonight on GOP spending plan to end government shutdown. Bill would reopen government through Jan. 30, requiring 60 votes to break filibuster.

Although unpopular among many Democrats and progressive independents, Sen. Angus King’s decision to join seven Democrats and potentially end the government shutdown was morally correct. President ...

Failure to do so would force all members of Congress, the president, and vice president included, to pay a price via a “fine.” They would be fined a fee equal to 25% of their adjusted gross income, ...

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., right, during a lunch with Republican Senators on the Rose Garden patio at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, ...