WATCH LIVE: Senate meets as Republicans and Democrats remain deadlocked over government shutdown

The amendment by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana was approved by voice vote ...

With Republicans out of town, House Democrats are everywhere and nowhere

With no action on the floor or in committees, they’re passing the time in the shutdown with pressers, meetings and even a few ...

Bernie Sanders mocks female Republican governors in attack against Democrats' identity politics

Vt., attacked female GOP governors while mocking the Democratic Party’s focus on identity politics on Trevor Noah’s podcast ...

US Republicans and Democrats split on party lines on Trump's Tylenol-autism claim, KFF poll finds

Republicans and Democrats are divided along party lines as to whether they believe the U.S. government's claim that women who ...

These Bay Area residents left the Democratic Party. Here's why they're joining Republicans

The longtime Democrat immigrated to the U.S. in her 20s to escape the oppressive regime in her native Venezuela. She voted ...

Democrat jumps into rural California race against 7-term Republican

A Democratic challenger is taking a bet that congressional maps will be changed next year and is running for Congress against ...

Trump Republican receives blunt fact check as swearing in of new Democrat drags on

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was hit with a real-time fact check when asked why House Speaker Mike Johnson has yet to swear in ...

Untangling Republican claims about Democrats, immigration and health care

The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. What’s behind the GOP assertion that Democrats want to ...

Republicans ‘going to cave’ on Democrats’ health care demand: Marc Short

Marc Short predicted in an interview Sunday that Republicans will fold under pressure from Democrats to extend ObamaCare ...

Enough fighting. Republicans must work with Democrats to end this shutdown. | Letters

It's up to GOP to end this government shutdown. Trump's war on US through ICE and the National Guard is scary but needed. Bad ...

Republicans on track to dash Democratic hopes of U.S. Senate majority

Republicans appeared poised to retain control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, after Senator Susan Collins defied political odds to win re-election in Maine and other Republican incumbents led ...