Nearly two weeks and counting, the federal government remains shut down. Senate Democrats want $1.5 trillion in healthcare spending added to the spending bill the U.S. House passed last month, which Republican leaders strongly oppose. U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo....
U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, is condemning the assassination of a member of the Minnesota legislature over the weekend. Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her husband Mark, were shot to death Saturday at their home in a Minneapolis...