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‘We’re joking,’ Stephen Colbert snarked on Thursday night. ‘We’re having a good time.’

Critics of new GOP act say it is a ‘mass incarceration bill’ that forces harsh penalties on migrants for a non-violent offense

The shutdown rolled on Thursday with both sides dug in and Trump using the lapse as an excuse to cut “dead wood” in the executive branch.

Madison Cawthorn, the scandal-hit former North Carolina congressman, has announced a political comeback in Florida's 19th District, invoking Charlie Kirk's assassination as inspiration for his controversial bid.

U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz's brother is the latest to enter a GOP primary field vying for the San Antonio-area district newly gerrymandered to favor Republicans.

GOP Rep. Mario Diez-Balart slammed Colombian President Gustavo Petro for "supporting those who want to eliminate the state of Israel" and recalling that he was member of the M-19 guerrilla from the 1970s until it demobilized

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including the shutdown and campaign developments.

The White House threatens mass layoffs as Republicans and Democrats appear nowhere close to a deal

Congress failed to meet an Oct. 1 deadline to adopt a spending measure and keep the federal government open, resulting in the first government shutdown in nearly seven years. With both Democrats and Republicans seemingly prepared for a long fight, Alfonso Serrano, a politics editor at The Conversation, interviewed Charlie…