The president attacked Democrats over the shutdown and other issues. President Donald Trump late Wednesday night signed a funding bill that will end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

The House passed the National Defense Authorization Act Wednesday, punting the yearly legislation that governs Pentagon spending to the Senate. The vote was 312 to 112, with 18 Republicans and 94 ...

ASHLAND, Va. — The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf, where the scotch and whisky were stored. The bandit was something of a ...

Don’t worry, it’s OK. “I’m just going to lie down here (hic) for a second.”Credit...Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter Supported by By Victor Mather A raccoon broke into a liquor store the ...

The raccoon was released back into the wild after sobering up, per officials. One Virginia liquor store had an unusual patron this weekend -- an inebriated raccoon found passed out in the bathroom.

The film adaptation of "Wicked" ends right when Act I of the hit Broadway musical does: with Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba deciding to turn against the Wonderful Wizard of Oz and fly from the Emerald City — ...

Washington — Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, blocked a Democrat-led effort to approve a House-passed measure to repeal a controversial provision that allows senators to sue for ...

The Senate officially passed the Jeffrey Epstein bill on Wednesday, sending it to President Donald Trump. The legislation would force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on Epstein, ...

Both the House and the Senate have moved to send to President Trump's desk a measure that would compel the Department of Justice to make public its files regarding the convicted sex offender Jeffrey ...

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Just when you thought you’d seen it all on Capitol Hill, reopening the federal government appears to have hit yet another roadblock: hemp. A day after Democratic senators reached a deal with their ...

The Senate on Monday passed the bill to end the government shutdown, sending it to the House. Final passage came after a series of procedural votes. Those, in turn, followed a weekend breakthrough ...