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FILE – Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs petition to force House vote on releasing Epstein files

November 12, 2025 at 4:49 p.m.

After delivering a floor speech, Adelita Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures.

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the funding bill to reopen the government, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown after a record 43 days

November 12, 2025 at 10:10 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about Democratic victories on Election Day, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, day 36 of the government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Shutdown progress in doubt as Democrats grow emboldened from election wins

November 6, 2025 at 8:27 a.m.

Elections this week that energized Democrats and angered President Donald Trump have cast a chill over efforts to end the record-breaking government shutdown, raising fresh doubts about the possibility of...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, joined from left by Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., chair of the House Republican Conference, and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., wrap up a news conference on day 23 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiums

October 27, 2025 at 9:05 a.m.

The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House’s conservative Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the Affordable Care Act....

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters outside the Senate chamber as they charge President Donald Trump and the Republicans with the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats say Trump needs to be involved in shutdown talks. He’s shown little interest in doing so

October 17, 2025 at 9:33 a.m.

President Donald Trump is showing little urgency to broker a compromise that would end the government shutdown, even as Democrats insist no breakthrough is possible without his direct involvement.

FILE – A sign that reads “Closed due to federal government shutdown,” is seen outside of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on

October 15, 2025 at 8:26 a.m.

With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is joined by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, as they speak with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as the government shutdown heads toward a second week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal government shutdown grinds into week two as tempers flare at the Capitol

October 8, 2025 at 6:50 p.m.

Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is keeping its doors closed, while the Senate repeated its loop Wednesday of failed votes to reopen the government....

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La. and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The GOP says it’s winning the shutdown. Some fear President Trump’s funding cuts could change that.

October 4, 2025 at 9:26 a.m.

President Donald Trump is using the federal shutdown to push deep spending cuts in states that backed Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024.

As lawmakers debate a government funding extension, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., awaits the arrival of the leader of the Orthodox Christian Church, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for a meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican leaders reject Democratic health care demands for bill to avoid shutdown

September 17, 2025 at 3:17 p.m.

Republican leaders in the House and Senate said Wednesday that they will reject Democratic demands for an immediate extension of health care subsidies.

FILE – Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during an Iowa GOP event at the Cedar Rapids Country Club in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP, File)

Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won’t run for reelection in 2026

August 29, 2025 at 1:37 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection, leaving another vacancy...

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