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Senate Majority Leader John Thune's stance on the filibuster is "unchanged" despite President Trump's call to scrap the rule to end the government shutdown. Follow live updates here.

The rulings came a day before the Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the nation’s biggest food aid ...

The air is turning blue over the Capitol Dome. And the government is more shut than ever. Washington woke Thursday to a whiff of rare hope that behind-the-scenes efforts were accelerating in the ...

LIVE: Listen to Birmingham Mayor Randall WoodfinBirmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin is holding a news conference to discuss the ...

The Senate on Thursday voted to terminate President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, after passing two resolutions seeking to ...

Is the government any closer to opening up, or are our elected officials still at a standstill? Rep. Mike Levin joins NBC 7's ...

Many active duty troops live paycheck to paycheck and survive on only one income. Even when they get paid, the shutdown is ...

Mike Johnson is keeping the House out of session to pressure Senate Democrats to vote in favor of the GOP funding bill.

The Senate passed a resolution Thursday that would undo many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs around the globe, the latest ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is holding a press conference on Day 29 of the government shutdown. The speaker has held a ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning as the government shutdown ...