Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.), the lead Senate Republican negotiator on a bill to pay key federal workers during the shutdown, says he has offered Democrats a proposal to pay all federal workers — essential ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Tuesday that there would be “strong” support within the Senate Republican Conference for a proposal offered to Democrats by Sen. Ron Johnson ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The government shutdown is on Day 23, nearing the longest in U.S. history. This as thousands of government workers are furloughed, with others — the ones considered essential — required ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Talk about new federal stimulus checks arriving before the end of the year continues to spread across social media and unverified ...

Despite renewed online chatter, no federal agency or congressional leader has announced or confirmed any plan to distribute new stimulus payments this year. Without approval from Congress or the ...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of issuing $2,000 stimulus checks, a proposal that has drawn renewed public attention as questions circulate online about whether Americans could ...