The second-longest government shutdown enters its 24th day with Congress out of session and the funding lapse heading toward next week.

Carl Hulse is the chief Washington correspondent for The Times, primarily writing about Congress and national political races and issues. He has nearly four decades of experience reporting in the nation’s capital.

He moved to Southern California and ran for office in 1998, losing the Republican primary to Matt Fong to take on then-Sen. Barbara Boxer. He was first elected to Congress in 2000, and after expanding his investments into real estate,

Action News Now reporter Margot Rowe reports on the bipartisan effort by Democrat Adam Schiff of the Untied States Senate and Republican Doug LaMalfa of the United States House of

The United States Senate has confirmed Chad Meredith from Lexington to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement Thursday on the Senate’s confirmation of Chad Meredith, of Lexington and the son of state Sen. Steve Meredith, R-Leitchfield, to serve

Colorado and Virginia are two states that lean Democratic, though both have shown some purple tendencies in the past. Democratic leaders in the two states have signaled a new willingness to redraw their Congressional maps in recent days following new efforts in North Carolina and Indiana led by Republicans.

Graham Platner, a Maine Democrat vying for a seat in the United States Senate, said he has covered up a tattoo after receiving fierce backlash over its resemblance to a Nazi symbol.