Despite opposition from major federal labor unions, Senate Democrats blocked Republicans’ Continuing Resolution to reopen and fund the government for the 13th time Tuesday. The ongoing shutdown, having now lasted 28 days,

Although Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House, the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate effectively means 60 votes are needed to pass substantive legislation. The GOP advantage over Democrats in the Senate is only 53-45, with two independents who vote with Democrats.

Republicans and Democrats keep hearing about the negative impact of the shutdown. But they just think those are arguments for the other side to cave.

Congressional Democrats are marching in lockstep into the fourth week of a government shutdown, even as lawmakers brace for what could be the most painful point yet — a cutoff in federal food aid for 40 million people.

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten marveled at encouraging polling figures for the GOP and concerning ones for the Democrats on Tuesday morning.

In 1995, President Bill Clinton canceled a trip to Japan during a shutdown. In 2013, President Barack Obama canceled a planned trip to Indonesia and Brunei due to a government shutdown. And during a shutdown in his first term, Trump canceled a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

House Democrats intensified their pushback against a new House Oversight Committee report scrutinizing former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen, framing the investigation as a political diversion while the federal government remains shut down,

Democrats grappled Monday with the first major fraying of their coalition amid the government shutdown, with a federal employee union calling for them to stand down four weeks into the standoff.