The hearing Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee is expected to feature tough questioning for Pentagon leaders over the legality of the deployments, which in some places were done over the objections of mayors and governors.

The government shutdown hit Day 35 today, and we are hours away from the longest impasse in history. Will the Senate vote today? What time? See here.

Gregory Guillot, Department of Defense lawyer Charles Young and acting Assistant Secretary of Defense Roosevelt Ditlevson are briefing the Senate Armed Services Committee on President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard within the U.

The federal government shutdown, now 34 days long day, is on track to become the longest in U.S. history with no clear end in sight. A Senate vote is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 3 as the funding lapse continues. The House-backed bill to fund the government ...

The Senate adjourned around 11:15 p.m. and is set to reconvene at 11 a.m. on Monday. House members have been notified that votes related to government funding are expected in the lower chamber this week, pending final passage of the funding measure in the ...

Maxwell, the co-conspirator of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, plans to ask President Donald Trump for a commutation of her 20-year sentence, a whistleblower said. Coverage of this live blog has ended. For the latest news, click here.

The government shutdown has reached Day 31, and by Monday it'll tie the longest funding lapse in history. Will Senate vote today? Here's the latest.