Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is throwing a curveball into the shutdown fight as he plans to bring a full-year spending bill for the Pentagon to the floor on Thursday, effectively daring Democrats to oppose it as part of their push to keep health care at the forefront of the impasse. Democrats have been…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., continues pushing House-passed continuing resolution while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., demands Obamacare subsidy talks.

Republicans fail to advance defense appropriations bill as Senate Democrats demand clarity on which spending measures would be attached to the legislation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed the Democratic Party has been taken over by far-left Marxists, citing figures like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government.

Democrats and Republicans in Congress remain divided over the question of whether a bill to end the shutdown should extend enhanced Obamacare tax credits.