The government has been shut down for more than a week, and Congress still appears deadlocked on a funding plan.

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona ...

The US Supreme Court is poised to consider further cutting a landmark 1965 civil rights law with a case that could boost ...

The security crisis in Nigeria may be complicated, but that does not make it any less religious.

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the ...

The White House budget office says mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.