Vote of 60-40 breaks six-week stalemate after a small group of Democrats ratified deal with Republicans

Democratic cave-in may lead to a substantial change of the old-guard leadership

Eight Democrats cross party lines to back deal seeking to reopen federal administration after record budget impasse

This week’s wins for the Democrats may increase the chances of Trump using authoritarian means to retain his grasp on power

City’s rising star and mayore-elect may reflect a shifting mood among the electorate

In Virginia, New Jersey and beyond, Democratic voters powered their candidates to victory and sent a warning sign to Donald Trump

Death of Republican politician who served alongside George W Bush announced in family statement

Hundreds of votes will take place a year into Trump’s second term with both chambers of US Congress up for grabs

Mike Johnson finds himself with plenty of explaining to do amid US government shutdown, the president’s social media outbursts and growing pressure to release the Jeffrey Epstein files

Worldview: The US president has been rapidly intensifying domestic military operations during his second term

Bondi cast her responses as a defence of the Trump administration

Democrats’ refusal to pass funding Bill sees Republicans threaten mass federal lay-offs

Senate rejects short-term spending measure, deepening partisan divide

An estimated 750,000 federal workers will be furloughed without pay, as Republicans and Democrats blame each other

Office closures could delay flights and send thousands of workers home

Walking along Fifth Avenue: the UN really messes with moody New Yorkers’ already volatile heads

Donald Trump says Federal Communications Commission chief does not like to see the airwaves ‘used illegally and incorrectly’

Move comes two months after CBS announced it was cancelling The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

In the News podcast: Trump ally gunned down at event at Utah Valley University

Conservative influencer who played a pivotal role in shaping hard-right movement was fatally shot at a college campus event