Two Democrats and an independent voted for a GOP measure to end the shutdown, but the 54-44 vote left Republicans short of the 60 votes needed.

Cars pass the 95th Street Red Line Station, the train station currently the farthest south on the line and where the Chicago Transit Authority plans to extend from in 2025, Thursday, on Dec. 19, 2024, ...

US President Donald Trump’s administration has frozen $2.1 billion in transit funding for Chicago as the government shutdown battle deepens. The freeze is part of at least $28 billion in funds ...

The new image Trump shared sprang to life as he tossed a third red hat onto Jeffries’s head, and then pointed and laughed like a petulant child. In the background, the Village People’s “YMCA” could be ...

The federal government shutdown was set to extend through the weekend with no end in sight as Senate Democrats again rejected a resolution to accept a Republican stopgap spending bill and demanded ...

Trump’s White House can’t defend the shutdown — so it’s dehumanizing immigrants again The Trump White House has a simple — and dishonest — explanation for why the government is shut down: Democrats ...

From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern ...

Farm bankruptcies are soaring amid low crop prices, while Trump considers bailout of up to $14 billion Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland Woman recalls '90s ...

US President Donald Trump's administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding on Friday, starving another Democratic city of funds as a bid to end the government shutdown failed again ...

Friday’s jobs report is missing in action because of the federal shutdown, but economists are finding other ways of measuring apparent job losses concentrated in Midwestern states and oil country.

Major stock indexes recorded weekly gains but ended mixed Friday after setting new all-time highs, as the Nasdaq closed lower after being dragged by a sharp decline in shares of Palantir Technologies.

The FBI director "summarily dismissed" a new agent trainee at the FBI academy who displayed a pride flag at his previous work area. A letter from Director Kash Patel called it an "inappropriate ...