The Senate failed for a 13th time to advance a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow live updates here.

Cracks are forming in the Senate GOP conference over whether benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) should be allowed to lapse this weekend. Republicans have been

S.D., argued that the best way to ensure Americans don't go without food benefits and that federal workers are paid is to reopen the government.

The effort to shield millions of Americans from a lapse in food assistance during the government shutdown gained significant momentum this week as U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) announced her co-sponsorship of the Keep SNAP Funded Act.

In a video shared online, the House speaker is heard saying, "[Democrats] keep saying Republicans are in charge of the government. We aren't."

Congressional Republicans came out in force Thursday in support of a Treasury Department program that helps provide loans to low-income and underserved populations that traditional financial institutions usually don’t reach.

Almost two dozen states have filed a lawsuit arguing that President Donald Trump’s administration has the money to continue the benefits and is legally required to do so. Schumer said that SNAP benefits have never stopped during previous government shutdowns and that Trump is “picking politics over the lives of hungry kids.”

Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the federal government, despite a plea this week by the nation’s largest federal workers union to

The government shutdown has reached Day 29 and is the second-longest in history. Will the Senate vote today to reopen? What time? Here's what to know.