Oregon's Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor all night long to protest the Trump administration. His speech has lasted 16 hours (and counting).

The government shutdown is now the second-longest funding lapse in modern history, eclipsed only by the 35-day shutdown in late 2018 and early 2019.

U.S. Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer said he and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries reached out to President Donald Trump on Tuesday to sit down again to negotiate an end to the government sh...

Some House Democrats, led by Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, sent a sharply worded letter Monday night to the Trump administration, demanding it “immediately cease” efforts to use the government shutdown...