The Senate will return to Capitol Hill today as the shutdown hits the two-week mark with no indication there has been any progress made toward ending the stalemate. Follow here for live news updates.

The government shutdown is on track to extend into a third week. Congress remains deadlocked on a funding plan, and the Senate isn’t scheduled to hold any votes until Tuesday.

• Shutdown-related firings begin: More than 4,000 federal employees have been given layoff notices as the shutdown is ongoing, the Trump administration revealed in a court filing. President Donald ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James took the stage at a rally for New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani ...

In one way, it’s a rather frightening precedent for a president to so clearly and directly force the prosecutions of his ...

Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer has arrived in the United States after being freed from prison in Cuba, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday.