A fragile coalition emerged, and Senate Democrats may break with the party to pass a spending bill, potentially ending the shutdown but scoring no healthcare wins.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Friday called a Democrat proposal to reopen the government a "non-starter" as the shutdown continues.

Senate Republicans are drafting a new bipartisan spending package aimed at ending the government shutdown, challenging Democrats to support it.

Republican fiscal hawks in Congress are making a new pitch in the struggle to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history: Continue to spend at the same rate as last year for as long as possible.

Estimates of the economic hit from the U.S. government shutdown put the losses at up to $16 billion every week the impasse continues.

America's debt and spending are up despite DOGE and increased tariff revenue. Entitlement programs cuts are needed if we want to avoid more pain later.

A new study by Florida International University’s Jorge M. Perez Metropolitan Center shows that Miami-Dade’s operating budget grew 42.2% during the five-year period from 2020 to 2025, far outpacing South Florida’s rate of inflation of 28.9% during the same period.