Associated Press

Trump confirmed to reporters that he privately told Democrats, in the Friday meeting with congressional leaders, that the shutdown could drag on for "months or even years."

Brazil is open to hosting a U.S. military base to counter Russian influence in the region, the South American country's new far-right president said.

As the government's partial shutdown pushed toward a third week, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are feeling the financial pinch.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants lawmakers across the country to resist a bill that would give the federal government control over regulating sports betting.

Brennan says her allegations that she was sexually assaulted by a campaign staffer to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy were ignored. Then he was hired to work for the state.

Recently disclosed accusations date back six or seven decades, with the oldest from the 1910s in Louisiana.

Democratic energy in the perennial battleground state is raising questions about Trump's ability to replicate his stunning 2016 win in a state the GOP hadn't won in 2 decades

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has survived the most distant exploration of another world, a tiny, icy object 4 billion miles away that looks to be shaped like a peanut.

There are about two dozen new laws taking effect in 2019, according to a tally kept by the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services.

Wolf faced huge GOP legislative majorities throughout his first term, and will again face substantial GOP majorities as he hopes to nail down second-term achievements.

President Donald Trump abruptly announced in mid-December that he was withdrawing 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria.

House Democrats are introducing a package of bills Monday that would re-open the federal government without approving money for President Donald Trump's border wall.