Through a coincidence of history, President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday took place on the 92nd anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inauguration.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking to lock down the votes to pass his stopgap funding bill and avert a government shutdown by Friday’s deadline, as he works to keep the lights on in ...

Shutting down the government is not an outcome President Trump wants. It is not an outcome Senate Republicans want. It costs money to shut down the government.

And POLITICO’s Canada editor Sue Allan has a brisk dive into “55 Things to Know About Canada’s Next Prime Minister, Mark ...

The wrangling over an extension of government dominates the agenda for both the House and the Senate this week.

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, will vote against the government funding proposal President Trump is urging Republicans to support ...

As Skype is laid to rest by Microsoft, let’s take a look at a few interesting facts about the world’s first video calling ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial ...

Funding for the federal government runs out at the end of Friday, and the race is on for Congress to avoid a shutdown.

And that’s putting Schumer in a bind. The Senate minority leader and his House counterpart are both under pressure from within their party to do more to stop Trump and Elon Musk ’s unilateral cuts to ...

Lucrative export markets were hampered by ex-cyclone Alfred as fruit and vegetable farmers in Queensland count the cost.

Republicans may not have the votes to keep the government open ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline, despite the fact that ...