The Commonwealth Foundation says major unions funneled nearly $1 billion into politics during the 2024 cycle, raising ...

This story has been updated with additional information. "I'll be voting hell no," U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Worcester, said in an X post Sunday night, Nov. 9, following news that a deal to move ...

A Sunday night Senate deal may be on the verge of resolving the longest government shutdown on record — after a group of moderate Democrats dropped their key demand — a guaranteed extension of ...

• The longest shutdown in US history is over after President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to reopen the government. The House approved the bill earlier tonight in a 222-209 vote, with nearly ...

The House of Representatives passed a legislative package Wednesday evening in a 222-209 vote, putting Congress one step closer to ending the federal government’s longest shutdown in history.

The U.S. Senate reached a tentative agreement on Nov. 9 aimed at reopening the federal government and funding several agencies and programs, including food aid and veterans' benefits. The agreed-to ...

Senate Republicans opted not to vote on legislation to potentially end the government shutdown on Friday, Nov. 7, which effectively stretches the funding lapse into the weekend as travelers begin to ...

Or shall we say "reckonings." And they’re coming, whether the government reopens soon or remains shuttered. If the government stays closed, voters will likely torch both parties for not hammering out ...

Attorneys at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP examine the federal preemption questions raised by recent state laws ...

The 15th Senate vote to end the shutdown passed 60-40. On Nov. 9, eight Senate Democrats, including New Hampshire Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Maine Sen. Angus King, broke with their ...

Cornell University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay the government a $30 million settlement—and invest another $30 million in agricultural research—in exchange for having its ...

The longest shutdown in history has come to an end. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has come to an end, days after after senators suddenly advanced a funding deal after weeks of little ...