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Poll: Frustration with Trump gives Democrats an opening a year before the midterms

Democrats have an early lead in next year’s battle for control of Congress amid an ongoing government shutdown, as more voters say President Donald Trump has not lived up to their expectations on ... Read More

US government opens back up but deep political divisions remain

By Andy Sullivan, David Morgan, Bo Erickson and Nolan D. McCaskill (Reuters) -The U.S. government is due to lumber back to life on Thursday after the longest shutdown in U.S. history snarled air ... Read More

What if Democrats’ Big Shutdown Loss Turns Out to Be a Win?

Despite considerable hand-wringing in the party about caving to Republicans in the government closure, some Democrats see potential upsides in the outcome. Read More

Democrats Scale Back Shutdown Demands, but G.O.P. Digs In

After weeks of stalemate, Senate Democrats said they were willing to reopen the government in exchange for a one-year extension of health care subsidies. Republicans ruled it out. Read More

Democrats are winning the shutdown politics. Can they stop now?

After the 2013 government shutdown ended, Republican leaders made clear they had only been humoring Sen. Ted Cruz and his plot to defund Obamacare. “It was not a smart play. It had no chance of ... Read More

'I don't look at this as politics': Kaine on what Democrats have gained from shutdown

As the negative impacts of the 33-day government shutdown compound, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday he doesn't see the present funding impasse in terms of politics, insisting what Democrats are ... Read More

When the dust settles on the shutdown deal, Democrats will likely still have the edge

As the Senate moves forward a deal to end the government shutdown, it's time to assess the winners, the losers and what the political fallout might look like into the future. Read More

Democrats ‘literally jumped the shark,’ political analyst says

Pollster Matt Towery breaks down Democrats' strategy amid riots and the government shutdown as well as the state of the economy on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ ... Read More

What Democrats say they won in the 43-day government shutdown

Emotions are raw after eight senators voted to end the shutdown, but Democrats say they demonstrated an ability to take on Trump and shifted the conversation to health care. Read More

Enough Senate Democrats vote with Republicans to break government shutdown impasse

Although most Senate Democrats may have opposed this bill, they were resigned to the fact that this part of the fight is over, sources said. They will take the battle over health care to the midterms ... Read More