The government shutdown stretched into Day 14 with the Senate expected to hold an eighth vote on a GOP funding bill. Follow ...

The U.S. Senate is set to vote for the first time in five days on a new continuing resolution to temporarily fund the ...

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills announced that she will be running for U.S. Senate in an effort to unseat Republican Sen.

It's a highly unusual mass layoff widely seen as way to seize on the shutdown to reduce the scope of government. Vice ...

WASHINGTON — The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six ...

President Trump says the U.S. has struck another small boat he accuses of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

President Trump said his administration ordered its fifth military strike on a vessel carrying illegal narcotics off the ...

A few other challengers have declared candidacies for the Democratic nomination, including oyster farmer Graham Platner, who ...

After much speculation, John Bel Edwards — a Democrat who defied near-universal predictions by being elected governor twice ...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico told a crowd of more than 1,200 in Fort Worth that he's taking on both ...

Each of Cassidy’s Republican opponents believes he can stop Cassidy from winning a third term. They are: state Sen. Blake ...

Why all the focus on the partisan battle for the U.S. House? There are two branches of Congress, but odds are tougher for a ...