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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told reporters on the 21st day of the government shutdown Tuesday that Democrats “ran on killing the filibuster, and now we love it.” The Pennsylvania Democrat made the remark on Capitol Hill after being asked for his reaction to Republican senators’ proposal to nuke the filibuster …

FIRST ON FOX: Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, described by CNN as the nation’s “most endangered Senate Democrat,” has touted “an unstoppable grassroots coalition.” But, according to the latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings released, his campaign is being propped up by a lot of out-of-state money. Ossoff’s latest quarterly …

EXCLUSIVE: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is requesting to testify in open, public hearings before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Fox News Digital has learned. Fox News Digital exclusively obtained a letter Smith’s attorneys sent to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley …

Millions of Americans who rely on federal food benefits could be among the next casualties of the ongoing government shutdown. Approximately 42 million people in the U.S. who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are in danger of not receiving aid come Nov. 1, when the program’s funds are …

Democrats blocked a Republican-led attempt to provide essential government workers with paychecks amid an ongoing, 23-day shutdown, calling the bill overly selective and incomplete. That bill, proposed by Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Todd Young, R-Ind., failed in a 54-45 vote, where 60 votes were needed to advance the bill …

Congress is running out of time to avert another fiscal crisis in the middle of the current government shutdown standoff — and it’s leaving Republicans with few options other than to try to extend federal spending levels that existed under former President Joe Biden. But the debate over how long …

The government shutdown has stretched into one of the longest in U.S. history with Democrats and Republicans deadlocked over healthcare funding. Among the few lawmakers breaking ranks was Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa, who voted with Republicans to reopen the government. Now, he’s urging his colleagues to do the same. …

It’s bad enough that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is playing politics with his needless government shutdown. But his actions are having real-world repercussions for American troops and their families, leaving many in limbo and desperate for answers. Military families are struggling with the uncertainty that this shutdown has …

“I know that I know nothing” – Socrates “You don’t know nothing” – Baseball Legend Yogi Berra Socrates may have been claiming ignorance, Berra was talking about baseball, but both may as well have been talking about the government shutdown. So when will it end? “You shouldn’t ask me because …

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., railed against President Donald Trump in a marathon overnight speech starting on Tuesday evening and continuing into Wednesday morning. “I’m holding the Senate floor to protest Trump’s grave threats to democracy. We cannot pretend this is normal,” Merkley wrote on Tuesday night on X. By 6:00 …