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Noted White Sox and current head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XVI didn't let the chance slight to jab the Chicago Cubs.

The Senate on Tuesday rejected a potential funding deal for the eighth time, guaranteeing that the government shutdown that has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and caused disruptions in ...

Landry Kiffin has been spending a lot of time with her new boyfriend Whit Weeks since they hard launched their relationship ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Entering the third week of a government shutdown, Democrats say they are not intimidated or cowed by President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his ...

As the shutdown stretches into its third week, no single off-ramp seems certain. But many factors could shift lawmakers' calculus over time.

A long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is finally underway, though tensions are already taking root. An end to the ...

Get the latest Trump administration news as the government shutdown continues. House Speaker Mike Johnson said this could ...

The Trump administration will continue paying FBI agents despite the ongoing government shutdown that has frozen paychecks ...

The fate of the federal workers is among several pressure points that could push lawmakers to agree to resolve the stalemate.

Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that ...