Conversations have been happening quietly among multiple members of the Senate rank-and-file for days as their party leaders ...

The U.S. Senate has been working to pass a continuing resolution to fund itself, but the Republican majority has been unable ...

House Democrats are continuing a public effort to pressure Republicans to address their health care demands just hours from ...

Iowa's leaders are clashing over who's to blame for the partial federal government shutdown. Iowa's Republican U.S. House members say Democrats forced it; Democrats argue Republicans walked away from ...

Squirrel and rabbit seasons opened on schedule October 4 at Kisatchie. Federal shutdown has no impact on Louisiana hunting.

Food benefits, funding for public housing and air-traffic control could see changes as Congress feuds over funding.

Senate again rejects competing funding bills from Democrats and Republicans as the shutdown is set to hit the one-week mark.

Texas Congressman Wesley Hunt ended months of speculation Monday, announcing he is running in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate ...

Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island with no immediate signs of the government ...

HOUSTON — Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, entered the Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Monday, complicating an already contentious race between two of the biggest names in Texas Republican politics.

Hunt represents Houston's Energy Corridor and northwest Harris County in the U.S. House of Representatives. His entry into ...