Rep. Randy Fine’s commentary Sunday (“Democratic shutdown is devastating Florida residents in the midst of hurricane season”) misleads Floridians by blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. To ...

Trump's cutbacks are top of mind for Virginia voters as Democrat Abigail Spanberger, and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome square off.

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. President Trump has unleashed new weaponry in his war against Democrats, liberals and the left.

Cancer care and preventive screenings could be at risk when Medicaid cuts take effect in the coming years under a new federal law, worrying patients and those who advocate for healthcare access.

President Donald Trump cracked the door slightly to negotiations with Democrats on the health care subsidies they’ve made central to the shutdown fight, then abruptly closed<a class="excerpt-read-more ...

Social Security benefits are an important source of income for most retired workers, so the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is always a highly anticipated event. Next week, the Social Security ...

A Republican-appointed judge on August 28 blocked the administration from removing Abramowitz as VOA director on the grounds that he cannot be removed in the absence of a majority vote from the ...

WASHINGTON — The opposing partisan strategies that led to the U.S. government shutdown can’t both be winners. But both parties remain confident theirs is the strategy that will grab the public's ...

The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government hit the one-week mark as the clock struck midnight in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 7.

The government crisis in the United States continues. On Monday evening, another shutdown vote in the Senate failed to get the necessary support of 60 votes as Democrats rejected the short-term ...

A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower.

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers at an impasse on reopening the federal government provided few public signs Sunday of meaningful negotiations talking place to end ...