A recent poll shows that while Americans prefer for lawmakers to compromise to accomplish tasks in government, others admit ...

When Congress can’t reach a funding agreement, both sides of the political aisle whip up talking points about what a shutdown ...

President Donald Trump is using the government shutdown to reshape the federal workforce and target detractors.

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash ...

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