S.D., needs eight Democrats to end the shutdown, but Senate Minority Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., insists President Trump must approve the deal first.

In Washington, the US Senate on Monday evening failed to pass a short-term budget to keep federal agencies open. Legal experts suggest, Democrats have almost no chance of extracting real concessions from the Republicans.

Congress was no step closer to ending the government shutdown after the Senate rejected, for the fifth time, plans to reopen the government.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., joins 'The Faulkner Focus' to react to Speaker Mike Johnson’s, R-La., presser and to discuss the upcoming vote to reopen the government, with potential holdouts who may keep it shut down.

Two big stories are roiling Washington as the Senate prepares for votes later today on ending the government shutdown and as a federal judge late Sunday temporarily halted President Trump’s efforts to send any National Guard troops to Oregon.

The possibility of layoffs escalates an already tense situation in which lawmakers have struggled to find common ground.

La., accused Senate Democrats of not being "serious" with their intentions to negotiate an end to the ongoing federal government shutdown

Congressional Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse, primarily over an extension to pandemic-era health care subsidies.