By John Hood While the government shutdown in Washington and the state budget impasse in Raleigh involve different actors and effects, there is a common denominator: the extent to which debates about ...

The government shutdown has continued into its sixth day, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pointing fingers.

The stalemate in the U.S. Senate and government shutdown continue for at least one more day, as Democrats and Republicans ...

Lawmakers remain at odds over key health care provisions they want to include in the short-term spending plan.

Senate again rejects competing funding bills from Democrats and Republicans as the shutdown is set to hit the one-week mark.

With the shutdown soon to enter its second week, attention returns to the Senate on Oct. 6. Voters are expected again on a pair of bills to reopen the government, though both measures are likely to ...

Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet was in Saginaw, calling on her peers to reverse trillion-dollar cuts to Medicaid and to ...

A majority of Democratic senators on Monday rejected a fifth attempt by Republicans to pass a stopgap funding bill that would ...

FactCheck.org digs into each party's claims about health insurance coverage — the issue that has spurred a shutdown over federal funding.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, among those appearing on the Sunday news shows, said there have been no ...