Politics

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history should come to an end Wednesday night. The House is planning to return...

ALBANY, New York — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s omnipresence in New York state politics has been his calling card...

The monthslong bipartisan effort to sidestep Speaker Mike Johnson and force the release of all Justice Department files on the...

Thousands of job cuts at the NHS will go ahead after the £1bn needed to fund the redundancies was approved...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is the target of liberal fury for a second time this year. His Democratic colleagues...

Remember the Lib Dems? They won a record 72 seats at the general election but some party figures worry they...

The number of universal credit (UC) claimants has soared to 8.3 million people - up from 7.2 million at the...

Former Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria is launching a comeback bid for her former congressional seat in Virginia, according to three...

The House Administration Committee could hold a hearing next week on congressional stock trading, reopening a deeply contentious issue on...

A decision not to award compensation to the Waspi women will be reconsidered by the government because of undisclosed "evidence",...