The push is the centerpiece of a Democratic effort to counter new Republican maps in Texas and elsewhere that were drawn to ...

Kelly said for the state to dip into its $2 billion rainy day fund to help SNAP recipients, the legislature would have to act ...

Voters head to polls Tuesday in America’s first major election day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

The government shutdown is set to become the longest ever on Wednesday if Congress doesn't reach a deal before then.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Monday that his "gut" tells him that things are moving toward an "exit ramp," perhaps as early as this week, though he declined to give any specifics of ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is backing former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent ...

A new fiscal year began on October 1 with no legislation enacted to fund these activities. Thousands of federal workers have ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a vocal Democratic critic of President Donald Trump during the federal government shutdown, mischaracterized the Trump administration’s actions related to food aid for ...

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The government shutdown is now the second longest in history as Congress prepares to vote again. Here's the latest.

Candidates for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, and for mayor of New York City, campaigned in the final hours before the ...

The SNAP Equal Treatment Rule prevents retailers from treating food stamp customers differently, but using it in this way ...