When Congress can’t reach a funding agreement, both sides of the political aisle whip up talking points about what a shutdown ...

A recent poll shows that while Americans prefer for lawmakers to compromise to accomplish tasks in government, others admit ...

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash ...

Virginia Democrats see opportunity in the shutdown as well. The party’s nominee for governor, Abigail Spanberger, has ...

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