Smith also cast doubt on the federal government’s ability to conduct a legitimate probe of the shooting, as administration officials blame rhetoric by Democrats for the violence. “I don’t see how we ...

Senate votes to end government shutdown, sending funding bill to the House From CNN's Ali Main, Manu Raju, Dalia Abdelwahab and Sylvie Kirsch Democratic senators defended their strategy to force the ...

• The longest shutdown in US history is over after President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to reopen the government. The House approved the bill earlier tonight in a 222-209 vote, with nearly ...

• Bombshell about grand jury: Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan took the stand briefly Wednesday, saying only two grand jurors reviewed the final indictment it handed up against former FBI Director ...

• The suspect in the Brown University mass shooting was found dead last night – two days after taking his own life, according to the medical examiner. Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown ...

If President Donald Trump can shift the focus of his diplomatic pressure from the Ukrainian government back to Russia, the US could still help secure a better end to the war for Kyiv, Bill Taylor, the ...

• Epstein files: The Senate has unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill forcing the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files as soon as it’s received from the chamber.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis on Wednesday criticized Trump administration pardons and questioned the strategy behind recent pardon recommendations. “I want to know who is responsible for making the ...