As shutdown deadline nears, Democrats have rare leverage over Trump. They're digging in.

In a recent interview with Punchbowl News, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans aren't interested in negotiating on health care right now. Their priority is keeping the government open ... Read More

Government shutdown fears intensify as Democrats stiffen resolve to block GOP spending bill

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made a major calculation in March: He voted to keep the government open and convinced enough Democrats to go along with him – and endured furious blowback from the ... Read More

Democrats Oppose Stopgap Bill, Raising Odds of a Shutdown

The chances of a government shutdown rose on Tuesday after top Democrats in Congress said they opposed Republicans’ stopgap plan to fund the government past a Sept. 30 deadline. Their opposition ... Read More

Is the government about to shut down? Republicans and Democrats far apart in talks.

"By refusing to work with Democrats, Republicans are steering our country straight toward a shutdown," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a joint ... Read More

Trump tells GOP to cut Democrats out of funding bill as Schumer warns of shutdown

Republicans say they're considering a short-term funding bill to keep the government afloat for seven weeks. But they'll need bipartisan votes to pass it. Read More

Trump clashes with Democratic governors over crime strategy

WASHINGTON (TNND) — For the past two weeks, National Guard troops have been patrolling Washington, D.C., at President Donald Trump’s direction. From the Oval Office on Monday, the president touted the ... Read More

Burgum says Trump deploying National Guard to Democratic-led cities is not political: ‘He’s not targeting anything’

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s deploying the National Guard to Democratic-led cities across the country is not politically motivated, telling CNN’s Kaitlan ... Read More

How Trump is elevating potential 2028 Democrats: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign ... Read More