Congress has been unable to pass the annual appropriations bills designed to fund the government, so they've resorted to passing short-term extensions instead.

Democrats are hoping to fill the vacuum left by Republicans‘ decision to avoid town halls, planning events across the country ...

Minn., is hosting town halls on Friday in Republican-held congressional districts in Iowa and Nebraska, following reports ...

The Senate will vote Friday on a temporary budget to prevent a government shutdown. Democrats are divided on the issue.

Anand Giridharadas and Mike Allen join Morning Joe to discuss how Democrats like Bernie Sanders and Gavin Newsom are traveling into Republican districts and as Giridharadas writes '...speaking out ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) surprised Washington Thursday by announcing on the Senate floor that he would vote to advance a House Republican-drafted six-month government funding ...

The national tour suggests the national party is responding to its voters’ desire for a more confrontational approach to President Donald Trump.

A series of events in all 50 states aims to capitalize on a recent warning from Republican leadership that its lawmakers ...

Democrats face a dilemma. Should they help pass a GOP spending bill or allow the government to shut down? NPR speaks with Faiz Shakir, senior adviser to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont.

Longtime Democratic congressman dies aged 77 - Rep. Raúl Grijalva died of complications from cancer treatment, his office ...

Having swallowed the pill Democratic consultants are selling about abandoning the progressive left, term-limited California ...