The Senate on Wednesday failed for the ninth time to reopen the federal government as the impasse on Capitol Hill deepens. On Thursday, the upper chamber will switch gears and vote on

The Senate voted for the eighth time to reject the GOP's short-term government funding bill, which required 60 votes to advance. 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.

President Donald Trump made a stunning, mathematically impossible claim during a nationally televised press event at the White House. Benny Johnson went off on Democrats and accused them of resorting to "violence" following a man being arrested over a death threat letter against Johnson.