The air is turning blue over the Capitol Dome. And the government is more shut than ever. Washington woke Thursday to a whiff of rare hope that behind-the-scenes efforts were accelerating in the ...

Senators continued to express cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, but the chamber adjourned without ...

Trump’s sudden decision to assert himself into the shutdown debate — bringing the highly charged demand to end the filibuster ...

The president's comments signal that the shutdown could continue to drag on for some time, as federal workers are set to miss ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped ...

Congress and state officials are scrambling to continue SNAP benefits despite the shutdown, but the first lapse in food assistance is expected Nov. 1.

Former and future Pac-12 rivals Oregon State and Washington State met in Corvallis Wednesday night with both teams looking to ...

Shades of optimism filled the Senate this past week as bipartisan talks on a way out of the government shutdown increased.

But rulings by judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, issued within minutes of each other on Oct. 31, ordered the ...

President Donald Trump says he “won't be extorted” by Democrats to reopen the government, making clear that he has no plans ...