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WASHINGTON – The federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile has begun furloughing employees as part of ...

The government shutdown extended into Day 20 on Monday as the Senate failed to advance a House-passed measure to end the ...

Senate Democrats again blocked Republicans’ stopgap funding bill from advancing in a 50 to 43 vote. The parties remain in a standoff over health care subsidies as the shutdown drags on.

While US President Donald Trump seeks to stabilize the Middle East, Russia and Iran are tightening their alliance. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow is ready to deepen cooperation ...

Georgia Democrats are focusing on rising electricity bills in the statewide election of two utility regulators.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on Monday became the latest Republican to flirt with invoking the “nuclear option” to end the gridlock ...

said the rallies were about “politics” and “spectacle ... Johnson addressed recent reports that about 1,400 employees with the National Nuclear Security Administration will be furloughed Monday.

The leaders of China, North Korea and Russia stood shoulder to shoulder Wednesday as high-tech military hardware and ...

In a historic first, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration will furlough most of its staff Monday as the federal ...

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Monday floated the use of the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown and get around Senate ...

Since then, its threat has shaped and justified global conflict. Both Iraq and Iran have been accused of seeking the bomb, ...