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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday he offered Democrats a chance to vote on their top demand of extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, to help end the federal shutdown, but the overture has not broken the stalemate now in its 16th day.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) used social media on Thursday to push back on President Donald Trump's newest claim that prices are falling, pointing to everyday items she says are still climbing, from coffee and beef to school supplies and electricity and warning of record vehicle costs and looming jumps in…

John Bolton, who served in Trump’s first administration, faces charges of mishandling and transmitting classified information. Key US politics stories from Thursday 16 October at a glance

The FBI raided Bolton's Maryland home in August.

Half a dozen incumbent House Democrats over 70 were outraised by their primary challengers.

"I don't think Schumer's negotiating on any of this," Thune said in a sit-down interview with Axios. "He's in a box."

A prolonged government shutdown could be one of the top items on the minds of voters across the country, which is taking attention away from record highs for stock market indexes according to a new poll.

A shocking viral video shows Senator Mitch McConnell falling after a history of public freezes and health scares. See the full story and the growing questions about his fitness to serve.

John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security advisor, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury, the third foe of the US president to be hit with criminal charges in recent weeks.