We are now in the longest government shutdown in US history, at 36 days. Follow here for the latest live news updates on the stalemate on Capitol Hill and its impacts ...

Hours before the first major elections since President Donald Trump’s win last November, Sen. Bernie Sanders offered a stern warning for Democrats about the party’s secret talks to end the shutdown.

The party swept statewide elections in admittedly blue states and saw signs of a rebuke of President Donald Trump and a resurgence for Democrats after a year in the political wilderness.

Americans cast ballots at polling places across the country on Tuesday, which means we have a bunch of data on voters voting – rather than just pre-election polls of a hypothetical electorate.

Even by its own bleak standards, Washington’s new record is a monument to failure by leaders who are harming citizens they ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday announced an all-female team of co-chairs for his transition team, including former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan.

The Supreme Court appeared deeply concerned Wednesday with President Donald Trump’s reliance on a vague federal law to impose global tariffs, with several members of the court’s conservative wing ...

So far, Republicans have enacted new maps in four states for a potential net gain of four seats. A new map in California could flip five seats for Democrats.

Voters up and down the East Coast delivered Democrats a sweep on Tuesday, electing candidates across the party’s ideological spectrum in a vivid show of discontent with President Donald Trump nearly a ...

Abigail Spanberger, a former Democratic congresswoman and CIA officer, has been elected Virginia’s next governor and will become the state’s first female chief executive.

President Donald Trump spent the morning after a terrible election night for Republicans publicly processing the results, and arrived at several conclusions.

As Zohran Mamdani took the stage for his victory speech Tuesday night, the staff at Kabab King paused to listen. They recorded his speech and listened to his every word. The dining cutlery that was ...