Half of states have already “shut down” Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for next month, according to the ...

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

Despite a widespread and growing consensus that child marriage should be banned, a majority of U.S. states still allow the practice.

Sheriffs surprised Massachusetts lawmakers this year with a $162 million end-of-year bill, Senate President Karen Spilka said.

Collins says the VA will have to furlough more staff from VA’s central office next week if the shutdown continues.

The failed vote comes after Senate Democrats blocked the GOP’s stopgap funding measure to reopen the government for the ...

One month after the Senate approved a House bill prohibiting Medicaid support to Planned Parenthood, the House of ...

Senate Democrats have repeatedly voted down a Republican-backed bill to reopen the government during the shutdown, insisting ...

Opponents to dense housing developments in Los Angeles turned their attention to transit after Gov. Newsom signed a law ...

The government shutdown will extend into next week, as the Senate leaves town for the weekend yet again without a deal to reopen the government. Their next votes are expected on Monday, which will be ...

The U.S. Senate has rejected two competing partisan bills to pay federal workers amid the ongoing government shutdown as some ...

A new poll conducted as Platner's resurfaced Reddit posts, which drew backlash, revealed where he stands with Maine Democrats ...