Rep. Maxine Waters admits Dems forced government shutdown to get ‘health care for everybody’ — including illegal immigrants

Waters, 87, was questioned outside the US Capitol Tuesday about Democrats’ opposition to a stopgap funding bill in both ...

The government shutdown is a slow-boil political crisis

“It’s really the Trump shutdown,” Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told CNN’s John Berman. “Republicans ...

With shutdown, Democrats take a perilous risk at a precarious party moment

The healthcare tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year, and if Democrats are unsuccessful in securing an ...

Republican and Democratic Lawmakers React to Government Shutdown as Blame Game Ensues

Republican and Democrat lawmakers are now, for the most part, locked in a blame game, as each side is holding the other ...

As 2 spending bills fail in Senate, chances to avoid a government shutdown fade

Two separate, partisan spending bills failed in the Senate on Tuesday. The government will shut down at the end of the day ...

Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near ...

Dems mocked after gov’t shutdown livestream gets only 400 viewers: ‘Party of 18% approval and sinking’

House Democrats struggled to attract eyeballs to their government shutdown livestream, which at times had only a couple of dozen viewers, despite the party rolling out a rotation featuring some of ...

Former Politico reporter says pressure of govt shutdown will ‘skyrocket on Democrats’

Former Politico reporter Rachel Bade said Thursday that the mounting pressure from the partial government shutdown will ...