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Republicans’ attempts to avert the worst effects of the ongoing government shutdown failed Thursday after Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would ensure essential federal employees are paid on time.

The U.S. national debt has surpassed $38 trillion for the first time in history, according to new Treasury Department data released Wednesday — marking another alarming milestone in the government’s rapidly escalating borrowing spree.

More than 80 pro-life and faith-based organizations have sent a joint letter to Congress urging Republican lawmakers to resist Democrat demands for extending Obamacare subsidies they say fund abortion coverage.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has arrested more than 480,000 illegal immigrants in the past nine months — with 70% of them convicted of crimes or facing criminal charges — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday.

For the 11th time, U.S. Senate Democrats blocked legislation Monday evening to reopen and fund the federal government, indicating that Republicans’ strategy of waiting out the opposition isn’t working.

The federal government has broken an unfortunate record: its 20th day of closure marks the longest full government shutdown ever.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a case regarding whether regular drug users can possess firearms.

Despite an ongoing government shutdown, the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and contractors are actively constructing miles of new border wall in Arizona.

Thousands of people marched in Washington, D.C., on Saturday as part of the second “No Kings” Day, protesting President Donald Trump.

After a third week of making zero progress on a federal funding deal, lawmakers have headed home for the weekend with no hopes of ending the government shutdown anytime soon.

The U.S. government shutdown is set to continue after the Senate again failed to advance a short-term spending measure Thursday, deepening the impasse between Republicans and Democrats over health care subsidies and spending priorities.

Oklahoma’s new State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Lindel Fields, announced this week that his administration will not move forward with a mandate to place Bibles in public school classrooms — a policy championed by his predecessor, Ryan Walters.

The FBI has overseen the arrests of nearly 8,700 violent criminals as part of Operation Summer Heat, President Donald Trump and FBI Kash Patel said Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has posthumously awarded America’s highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated born-again Christian activist who inspired a generation of young Americans and others worldwide to embrace their faith and conservative values.

An investigation was underway Monday after a mass shooting at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island in the U.S. state of South Carolina claimed four lives and injured at least 20 others, authorities said.

As the ongoing government shutdown enters its third week, Republican leaders are reminding Democrats that by blocking the House-passed funding bill, they are also delaying progress on the very health care policies that they claim are at stake.

The United States is barreling toward what could become the longest government shutdown in American history, now entering its third week with no end in sight and both sides dug in over a partisan spending standoff.

The United States and Qatar have signed a landmark defense agreement that will see Qatari F-15 fighter jets and pilots stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho — a move underscoring both nations’ expanding military and diplomatic ties following the Gaza ceasefire deal.

Roughly $4.5 billion in contracts have been awarded to expand border wall construction, including adding advanced technological surveillance along the southwest border.

A U.S. military team of 200 personnel will be deployed across the Middle East to help oversee the newly brokered Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, senior U.S. officials confirmed Thursday, marking the next phase of President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace initiative.