People will gather Saturday in the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S. for “No Kings” demonstrations.

About 750,000 nonessential federal employees were furloughed but will get back pay when the government shutdown ends.

Graham Platner, a Democrat running for US Senate in Maine, responded dismissively to a cartoon about sexual assault in the ...

The shutdown became one of the three longest in U.S. history on Friday, with lawmakers indicating they believe it will drag on and few signs emerging of progress toward reopening the government.

A new wave of progressive candidates, including Saikat Chakrabarti and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, are seeking congressional seats ...