Washington — The U.S. government reopened Wednesday, Nov. 12, after a record-breaking 43-day-long shutdown that began Wednesday, Oct. 1, as President Trump and congressional Republicans were unable to ...

President Trump is deploying the D.C. National Guard and taking temporary control of the city's police force, marking a significant escalation in his long-running threats to federalize the nation's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Capitol Dome is seen the evening after the Senate failed to pass a funding bill to end the government shutdown at the U.S ...

Some of the more than 2,000 National Guard troops on duty in Washington, D.C., are now armed, part of a crackdown that President Trump once again claimed was needed to help curb crime in the city.

At midnight Oct. 1, the U.S. government shut down after Congress failed to agree on funding. Democrats and Republicans were deadlocked over health care subsidies and spending cuts, leaving hundreds of ...