Category: Congress

Programs ranging from Head Start to SNAP face new strain Nov. 1.

Statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia are being closely watched but seem unlikely to break the Washington impasse.

The move means 42 million people will miss SNAP benefits in November unless Congress acts.

The White House has shown little urgency in extending the subsidies until shutdown ends.

The bipartisan authors of sweeping Russia sanctions legislation are hoping the Senate is finally ready to consider their bill after President Donald Trump hit Moscow's energy sector with penalties...

As Republicans formulate a plan to potentially extend key health insurance subsidies that are at the center of the government shutdown fight, House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie...

Speaker Mike Johnson said he won’t bring the House back to vote to pay air traffic controllers and other essential employees, saying the measure “would be spiked in the...

More than 100 Republican lawmakers are expected to sign on to a letter pushing back on the Trump administration’s move to eliminate a popular, bipartisan community development finance fund...

The shutdown is going into next week — at least. And senators are getting restless. There’s little hope of movement anytime soon, with President Donald Trump leaving Washington Friday...

GOP senators had sent signals to the administration since the summer that Paul Ingrassia lacked the support for confirmation, in a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump.