It’s a consequential week ahead for Donald Trump’s presidency, with the impacts of the government shutdown spreading and major off-year elections slated for Tuesday. Follow for live updates.

Melissa is forecast to become the first Category 5 landfall in the Atlantic Basin since Dorian roared into the Bahamas in 2019. There have been 32 Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic since the use ...

Senate Democrats again blocked Republicans’ stopgap funding bill from advancing in a 50 to 43 vote. The parties remain in a standoff over health care subsidies as the shutdown drags on.

The federal government has officially shut down for the first time in six years after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure to keep the lights on.

A lineup of legal disputes is unfolding as the Trump administration pushes to deploy US troops to Democratic-led cities amid protests over its immigration enforcement surge.

Two additional Federal Aviation Administration facilities are short-staffed Friday evening, according to an FAA operations update, bringing the total number impacted to 12 for the day.

Our live coverage of the Gaza ceasefire news has wrapped for the day. Please scroll through the posts below to learn about Thursday’s developments. Prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti was ...