Employees are concerned about not receiving back pay and making ends meet without a paycheck.

At a Capitol Hill roundtable, survivors shared decades of trauma. Pressley, herself a survivor of sexual abuse, wants their voices on the congressional record.

It includes rescinding nearly $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. About two-thirds of the money gets distributed to more than 1,500 locally owned public radio and television stations.

Massachusetts stands to lose $1.75 billion in federal funding, and elected officials say the state’s whole health system would suffer.

The Massachusetts congresswoman said cutting people’s wages to pay back student loans is “cruel” — especially at a time of economic uncertainty.

Patrick Roath says he wants to tackle housing, the cost of health care and term limits for members of Congress.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called on the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York to speak about their cities’ immigration policies.

Political experts say she should stick to the facts and remain calm, but be prepared to respond to the unexpected.

McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, chose his 83rd birthday to share his decision not to run for another term in Kentucky and to retire when his current term ends.

Moulton and a group of bipartisan veterans washed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ahead of Monday's ceremonies.