It took weeks of negotiations and a creeping sense of defeat before Democrats cracked in a bitter shutdown fight, but the makings of a deal were there even before government funding lapsed. In what ...

WASHINGTON -- As the federal government shutdown enters its tenth day, one major health care issue has continued to be a sticking point: insurance subsidies. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, ...

The Senate, with the help of Democratic defectors, passed a bill to end the longest government shutdown without the health insurance subsidies Democrats long demanded. The earliest the House will vote ...