Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said it is in the best interest of his party to avoid a government ...

A vote on a stopgap funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown is expected to fail in Congress, a consequence that ...

Former President Donald Trump made baseless claims about Democrats registering illegal voters to participate in the 2024 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal that would have linked temporary funding ...

"We cannot have a government shutdown," Mitch McConnell, said. "It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right ...

It ran from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019, during the Trump administration. At 34 days, it was the longest government ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said it would be “beyond stupid” to shut the government down ahead of the November election.

The House of Representatives voted down a six-month stopgap government funding bill paired with a GOP-backed voter ...

"One thing you cannot have is a government shutdown. It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election, because certainly we'd get the blame." ...

"It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election because certainly, we’d get the blame.” ...

The federal government is on the verge of shutting down and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is taking issue with ...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky doesn’t want a political battle, saying his party would likely be blamed ...