The federal government is back open after a record-breaking 43-day shutdown ‒ but the effects from the nation's longest-ever shutdown could linger.

In November 2025, a rumor spread that Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives blocked Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., from ...

The Connecticut Senate gave final approval in special session Thursday afternoon to bills to safeguard human services from federal cuts.

Advocates say the legislation would help protect the state's elected leaders amid rising political violence, but critics warn ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint against recently passed Proposition 50 alleging the state's new ...

The bill is a compromise between lawmakers, local leaders and Gov. Ned Lamont after he vetoed a major housing bill during ...

Looking at the polls and the 2026 midterms, Donald Trump and his pliable Department of Justice today jumped into the effort to block Gavin Newsom’s widely passed Proposition 50 redistricting plan and ...

The House of Representatives was sent home for the duration of the government shutdown. Members returned to the Capitol ...

Now that the longest shutdown in U.S. government history has ended, the SNAP will resume funding in Tennessee.

With the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history, federal workers were back in their offices, national parks were fully ...

After 41 days, Democratic U.S. senators finally decided to end their charade and vote to reopen the federal government. For more than a month, President Donald Trump and Republicans urged ...

Update 8:17 p.m. - President Donald Trump late Wednesday night signed a funding bill that will end the longest government ...