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Much of the federal government shut down after Congress failed to reach a deal to approve new funding. Here's what that means.

President Trump said Senate Republicans should eliminate the filibuster rule requiring 60 votes to pass most legislation. Follow live updates here.

The 2025 governor's race between Spanberger and Earle-Sears offers both parties a chance to start charting a path forward after last year's 2024 presidential election.

The United Nations human rights chief says the Trump administration "must halt" strikes on alleged drug boats to prevent "extrajudicial killing.

President Trump's call to terminate the filibuster could alter the ways the Senate and congressional dealmaking operate.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted star athletes, princesses, dinosaurs and at least one Trump impersonator at the White House's annual Halloween event Thursday.

The Justice Department is investigating whether donations to the national Black Lives Matter foundation were misused by the group's leadership, according to a source familiar with the investigation.

President Trump said the U.S. and China reached deals on several items, including a short-term agreement on rare-earth minerals, and soybean sales to China.

Taylor Taranto, a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant who was later convicted of charges stemming from livestreaming a bomb threat in 2023 as he drove around former President Barack Obama's D.C. neighborhood while armed, was sentenced Thursday to time served . ...

Former FBI Director James Comey is arguing his testimony in response to Sen. Ted Cruz's questions was "literally true" and cannot support a conviction.