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A scrap is emerging among Republicans on Capitol Hill over how long a stopgap spending bill should last as part of a deal to end a record-setting government shutdown. Republicans have been

President Donald Trump knows he’s losing the politics of the government shutdown so far. But that’s not making him any more inclined to give ground on the Democratic demands that could bring the standoff to a swift end.

A vote in the House expected on Wednesday could end what is now the longest shutdown on record. Democrats are decrying the plan, saying it fails to address expiring health care subsidies.

Democrats failed to force action on their central issue, but seem to have succeeded in thrusting the issue of health insurance affordability squarely before voters.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth briefed top lawmakers on Wednesday on a series of strikes conducted by the Trump administration on alleged drug boats.

More than 10 months after then-special counsel Jack Smith grudgingly stepped down — the 2024 election results derailed his criminal cases against Donald Trump — the prosecutor remains a popular target for Republicans’ ire. The president continues to ...

Trump continues to insist the best way out of the shutdown is for Republicans to end the filibuster. GOP senators aren’t having it.

Tenn., unpacks Democrats' 'double standard' about the Epstein files after they became one step closer to being released on 'The Ingraham Angle.'