Marc Maron called out Bill Maher on the latest episode of the “WTF” podcast, which featured CNN host W. Kamau Bell as a guest ...

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

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Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal ...

President Donald Trump picked Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi to be ambassador to Tunisia. Bazzi had endorsed Trump last ...

The House passed a funding bill, 217-213, on Tuesday night, mostly along party lines. The legislation must pass the Senate ...

A Texan megachurch pastor who hosted fundraisers for Donald Trump—and served on Trump's evangelical advisory board—is ...

Disagreements on spending cuts, the process and the debt limit are combining to slow a House-Senate agreement.

Georgia’s Senate has passed a bill that would allow President Donald Trump and more than a dozen people to seek compensation ...

The Senate has until midnight Friday to pass a bill to keep the government open. Meantime, President Donald Trump will deliver what the White House calls a law-and-order speech on Friday at the ...

The move by Schumer brings a potential resolution to what has been a dayslong standoff. Senate Democrats have mounted a ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats ...