The government is now in its first shutdown since 2019 — and there is little sign that either party will soon give in to the other side’s demands and turn the lights back on. That isn’t to say there’s ...

The federal government has officially shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding agreement before the start of the new fiscal year, which began at midnight on Oct. 1. The shutdown was prompted ...

The Trump administration continues to argue it has a mandate that doesn't include listening to Democratic concerns.

They want us to blink first, and we have too much to save. Protecting people is too important a task for us to give up before anything even starts,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Chris Hayes as ...

Judge William Young framed his 161-page ruling as a response to an anonymous postcard writer who noted Trump “HAS PARDONS AND TANKS.” ...

The president and those under him already have slashed the federal workforce and in the process endangered the nation’s well-being.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how military commanders who listened to Donald Trump’s “deranged” speech have to be wondering “just how much more dangerous their jobs are now that they've seen just ...

As the federal government heads into shutdown, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries talks with Jen Psaki about Democrats' openness to bipartisan negotiations but criticizes his Republican ...

BREAKING: The government will shut down after Congress failed to reach agreement. Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries responds on The Briefing with Jen Psaki.

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought wants Americans to believe that in the event of a government shutdown, he and President Donald Trump have the power to fire swaths of federal ...

One of America’s key promises is that veterans will be cared for when they return home. But a shortage of psychology providers at VA medical facilities says otherwise.