Virginia Democrats announced on Thursday that they agreed on a proposed congressional map that would include 10 Democrat-leaning seats and just one Republican-leaning seat. Virginia lawmakers previously debated a similar Democrat-favoring map that had a 9-2 split.

Democrats say they will not support a spending bill to keep the Homeland Security Department running without new restrictions on federal agents.

The U.S. House passes a $1.2 trillion spending bill to end the partial shutdown.

Democrats are threatening to block soon-to-expire funding for DHS unless there is “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies.

Democrats are tapping candidates with unusual résumés — a Tejano recording star, a smokejumper and a fourth-generation farmer — to compete in areas long seen as inhospitable.

Eleven Democrats compete in New Jersey's 11th District primary Thursday, with the winner facing Republican Joe Hathaway in April's special election.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan says she won't sit for an interview with the Justice Department regarding a probe into a video she organized urging U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders.”

The controversy over Texas state Rep.