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President Barack Obama is using the bully pulpit to insist that Congress pass legislation overhauling the nation's immigration system.

Wyoming's Republican congressional delegation was divided on the measure that ended the partial federal government shutdown and guaranteed that the United States would pay its debts.

Congress has passed legislation to reopen the partially-shuttered federal government and avert a potentially disastrous default on U.S. obligations, clearing the measure for President Barack Obama's promised signature.

A Republican senator says she understands Senate leaders have reached an agreement to avoid a Treasury default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown.

House Republican leaders are planning to push their own bill to reopen the government and avoid a financial default.

President Barack Obama will meet with bipartisan congressional leaders at the White House Monday afternoon.

President Barack Obama and Republicans are exploring whether they can end a budget standoff that has triggered a partial government shutdown and edged Washington to the verge of an economy-shaking federal default.

A celebrity Alaska fisherman, the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board and others are telling Congress the government shutdown is hurting the nation's economy.

The mother of U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis has died.

The government's new health insurance marketplaces are drawing lots of rotten tomatoes in early reviews. But people are at least checking them out.