Government shutdowns can be pretty boring. Until a shutdown impacts you. There’s a missed paycheck. Flight delays. You can’t visit the Smithsonian. Questions about food and drug safety. You get the idea. But until you reach that tipping point, most Americans are ho-hum about government shutdowns and interpret the infighting between Democrats and Republicans as de rigueur on Capitol Hill. So they don’t pay much mind to them....

FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans’ campaign arm is announcing it brought in nearly $24 million in the months of July through September this year. More than half of that — roughly $13.95 million — came in September, as Republicans were readying for a political messaging war over federal funding. That fight is still ongoing now, more than halfway through October. The government has been shut down for 20...

With the federal government still closed, President Donald Trump begins the week back from Florida at the center of a political stalemate that shows no signs of easing. The standoff, now dragging into its third week, comes as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans remain at odds with Democrats over healthcare subsidies. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN 101: WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Trump has placed the blame...