SNAP emerged as a critical flashpoint in the longest-ever government shutdown, which entered its 40th day on Nov. 9.

The Senate is voting on the first steps to end the 40-day government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats ...

After nearly six weeks of a painful shutdown, a critical number of Senate Democrats are backing a Republican funding bill to reopen government — with little to show for holding out so long ...

A deal was reached among Democrats in the Senate ahead of the vote, a source familiar with the deal told CBS News.

“Allowing this to pass is a mistake.” The Senate is voting on what could be the first steps to end the shutdown with a small contingent of Democratic senators saying they would vote to reopen the ...

A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent have helped clinch an agreement to end the government shutdown, saying they had secured a vote on the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the ...

While a number of Democratic lawmakers are voicing their support for a new bipartisan deal to bring the 40-day federal ...

U. S. Senate Republicans have offered Democrats a face-saving way out of the government shutdown: in exchange for support to ...

The breakthrough comes Transportation Secretary Scott Duffy has issued dire warnings about air travel ahead of Thanksgiving.

A bipartisan deal has been reached to the the government shutdown, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.