From tearing it down to making it a museum for the study of corruption and autocracy, Democrats pitch alternative uses for President Donald Trump's beloved ballroom.

The funding package that ended the longest government shutdown in modern U.S. history picked up support from a half-dozen Democrats — mostly moderates who represent competitive districts — when it passed the House late Wednesday.

The reopening is seen as a missed opportunity to many Democrats, as they failed to secure certain health care items.

A political science expert said the six House Democrats made political calculations in casting votes alongside Republicans to reopen the government. One of them isn’t running for reelection in

Trump emerges from the shutdown having made little in the way of substantive concessions to Democrats in Congress.

The upcoming special election to replace retired Rep. Mark Green is bringing top Democratic names to a district Donald Trump carried by more than 20 points.

Progressive Democrats criticized the party leadership after the government shutdown ended without healthcare guarantees, exposing a deep rift ahead of the midterm elections.

The Trump administration moved Thursday to challenge California’s effort to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, throwing the full weight of the Justice Department in the high-stakes battle over control the House of Representatives next year.