Our government has entered a new and dangerous era of corruption. This is a reason it so often fails to work, a cause of the ...

Rivas, Limón and other lawmakers addressed reporters Monday from a lectern decorated with a graphic of California’s bear ...

An ex-aide to the prime minister has criticised how government works, accusing politicians of giving away too much power to lawyers, activists and regulators. Writing in The Times, Paul Ovenden, who ...

Democratic Rep. Laura Gillen of New York pushed the Trump administration to tap into a contingency fund to keep food aid flowing during an interview on "The Takeout." Gillen said her calls have ...

Or shall we say "reckonings." And they’re coming, whether the government reopens soon or remains shuttered. If the government stays closed, voters will likely torch both parties for not hammering out ...

North Carolina politicians are beginning to weigh in on a deal to end the federal government shutdown, which won tentative approval in the U.S. Senate Sunday with a final vote expected soon. Eight ...

WASHINGTON − The federal government shutdown is already one of the nation's longest at 22 days, with no end in sight, as Democrats and Republicans in Congress remain locked in a bitter stalemate. The ...

In the days leading up to Renee Macklin Good's death, the political situation in Minneapolis had turned combustible. Her ...

• The longest shutdown in US history is over after President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to reopen the government. The House approved the bill earlier tonight in a 222-209 vote, with nearly ...