Follow live updates on the Trump administration as it faces a deadline to tell two federal judges whether it will comply with a court order to fund SNAP, aka food stamps, during the government

Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday he doesn't see the present funding impasse in terms of politics, insisting what Democrats are "focused on is the American people."

The Trump administration said it plans to distribute partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in November.

House Speaker Johnson said Monday morning that part of the reason the government is shut down si that Democratic leaders "fear political retaliation from far-left activists in their party," like Zohran Mamdani,

Republicans, Ben Carson and Christian leaders will pray for unity, Trump and Israel as the government shutdown standoff drags on with no resolution in sight.

A defining week has dawned in American politics with huge implications for Donald Trump’s second presidency, for his fellow Republicans and for a Democratic Party seeking to build a new future from the ashes of its 2024 election humiliation.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he's "optimistic" about ending the government shutdown this week, and that the upper cham

Republicans claim US president ‘desperate’ to end shutdown, which has now entered 33rd day