By the early 20th century, “left” and “right” had evolved into broad political identifiers tied to ideology. “Left” became ...

It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate Republicans to end the custom of the filibuster, which has bedeviled majority parties for years.

France’s latest political crisis turned into farce this week after prime minister Sebastien Lecornu unexpectedly announced his resignation on Monday, only to be reappointed by Friday. Lecornu’s ...

Washington — The Trump administration will continue paying FBI agents despite the ongoing government shutdown that has frozen paychecks for nearly all federal workers, FBI Director Kash Patel ...

Washington ― Michigan residents could soon start to feel the pinch of a prolonged shutdown of the federal government, with funding projected to run out for several programs in the coming days and ...

WSJ national political reporter Ken Thomas explains the confusion around the first round of federal layoffs and why another round may be coming. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images A ...

Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

President Donald Trump and lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are not faring well when it comes to the federal government shutdown, according to a new poll. The latest YouGov/The Economist ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Airports big and small around the country are refusing to play a video with a message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the ...

It's been two weeks since the United States government entered its partial shutdown. The United States government partially shut down Oct. 1 due to a budget impasse when Congress failed to agree on ...

The U.S. Senate’s latest vote to pass a stopgap funding bill to end the partial federal government shutdown failed on Oct. 14. That means the shutdown, which started Oct. 1, will continue. The stopgap ...

WASHINGTON — At the two-week mark, Republicans and Democrats are bracing for a long government shutdown, with both parties seeing more upside in persisting with their conflicting demands. As a result, ...