The GOP battle for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas is shaping up to be a very tight contest about three and a half months before the March primary. Various polls show Senator John Cornyn, who's seeking a fifth term,

This was the only deal on the table,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) told reporters in a Sunday night press conference.

The government shutdown is on track to end with no resolution for expiring healthcare subsidies, and Democrats say Republicans want an abortion ban.

Speaker Mike Johnson announced plans to pursue legislation next week that would repeal a Senate provision in a major spending package.

Senate Republicans hope that the package will be enough to entice enough Democrats to break the logjam in the upper chamber and inch Congress closer to ending the 40-day shutdown.

The biggest lesson of this month’s sweeping Democratic election victories is that President Donald Trump is continuing to cast an outsize shadow over every other election during his presidential term.