The federal government has been shut down for over a month, and political finger-pointing has persisted since it began. Republicans claim that they have passed clean continuing resolutions that get ...

President Donald Trump still wants the Senate to ditch the filibuster, putting Senate Majority Leader John Thune in a bind as ...

President Joe Biden was dealt arguably the first loss of his presidency on Monday after word that two Democratic senators would oppose eliminating the Senate filibuster. By keeping the filibuster, ...

Mitch McConnell won a tactical victory against Don Blankenship, who tried to make West Virginia’s Republican primary a referendum on the Senate Republican leader but failed after losing to the state’s ...