Half a century ago, Congress protected its power of the purse, and conservatives balked at letting presidents disobey ...

At a packed and overly hot meeting at last week’s Conservative Party conference, James Johnson, former adviser to Theresa May ...

In the last 50 years the federal government has come to at least a partial shutdown 11 times. Some have lasted a day or more.

Rarely do Republicans and Democrats put aside their differences. But when 102 House Democrats crossed the aisle this year to ...

With Washington, D.C., gridlocked over the government shutdown, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took his case to social media Friday, sharing a viral meme video that uses the "f--- around and find ...

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on October 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Last week, Vice ...

President Donald Trump and many of his supporters celebrated last week when second-quarter gross domestic product numbers were revised upward to 3.8%, well above the 3% that pro-Trump economists ...

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Moscow's latest military spending plans shows that Vladimir Putin is no mood for peace in Ukraine, an expert on the Russian economy has told Newsweek. Amid stalled U.S.-led ceasefire efforts in ...

The concept of a government shutdown is still relatively new in the U.S. There have been 21 federal government shutdowns since the 1970s. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history took place ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Tuesday, William G. Young—a federal district court judge in Massachusetts and a ...