The Senate failed for a 13th time to advance a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow live updates here.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said that she is moving toward launching a Texas Senate run if Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) loses his competitive Republican primary. “I’m going to be flat out with you and tell you that I don’t think that there’s a Democrat that can take out Cornyn,

Government shutdown enters Day 28, with Senate Democrats rejecting House-passed bill while federal workers face missed paychecks and nutrition benefits head for cliff.

TRUMP IN JAPAN: President Donald Trump is in Japan, the second stop of his three-country tour of Asia. He met with newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this morning, and will soon address U.S. troops on board the USS George Washington.

Senate Republicans are set to face their latest unity test this week on President Donald Trump’s tariffs and import taxes, which have created heartburn for GOP lawmakers since the White House imposed them earlier this year.

The president of the Kansas Senate said Monday a sufficient number of Senate Republicans signed a petition to call a special session of the Legislature to consider new congressional district boundaries to improve odds of defeating Democratic U.

Senators failed this week to resolve a standoff over funding food aid during the government shutdown and plan to head home Thursday for a long weekend, leaving millions of low-income Americans struggling to purchase groceries starting Saturday.

Senate Democrats are sticking with their shutdown strategy despite the prospect of more than 40 million Americans losing access to