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 ...

Democratic operatives urge party not to retreat on shutdown

Democratic operatives are urging their leaders in Washington not to back down on a government shutdown some fear could ...

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 ...

Government shutdown threatens to drag on through weekend with Hill leaders deadlocked

As the Senate meets Friday for another vote to reopen the federal government, Democrats are refusing to yield without a deal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Government Shutdown Begins: White House Guts Funding For Democratic-Favored Projects

The government shut down began at midnight on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching ...

Former Boehner aide, now Forward Party CEO, calls out broken politics amid shutdown

On The Final 5, Forward Party CEO Lindsey Drath said the current government shutdown is “Groundhog Day” for Americans, ...