Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

The Senate gave final approval to a stopgap spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30. The GOP-backed measure ...

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a ...

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact ...

Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation ...

The GOP-controlled Senate will press forward with a procedural vote to advance a stopgap funding bill to avert a government ...

A Trump-backed bill to avert a government shutdown will provide hundreds of millions of dollars to help ICE arrest and detain ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took heavy criticism from fellow Democrats for backing the GOP measure, which he called ...

Senate Democrats decided not to block a GOP-led funding bill, which many have said fails to do enough to rein in Elon Musk's ...