Democrats confront limits of their minority power after bruising shutdown vote
Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...
Trump gives campaign-style speech at Justice Department; Senate passes bill to avert government shutdown
Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...
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A look at what happened in the US government this week
Here's a look at what happened in the U.S. government this week: The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday, hours ...
Ten Senate Democrats ignore growing party anger to help advance Trump’s spending bill
Democrats have been sharply divided over the Trump-backed spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight.
How some Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to vote against government shutdown
The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine ...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Approves Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a ...
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Schumer signals support for considering the GOP spending plan, as shutdown deadline nears
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is signaling he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending bill to prevent a midnight Friday government shutdown ...
Trump poised to launch new round of layoffs despite setbacks in court
President Donald Trump's administration is expected to move ahead with a second wave of mass firings and budget cuts across the U.S. federal government even as two federal judges ordered it to ...
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Senate gives final approval to a bill that would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers
The Senate is giving final approval to a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers.
Behind the Senate Spending Bill Vote: A Deeply Divided Democratic Party
The Senate advanced the Republican-led spending bill, despite strong opposition among Democrats. WSJ’s Natalie Andrews explains what this bill means for both parties.
Senate passes GOP funding bill to avert a government shutdown
After a 54-46 vote, the measure now heads to Trump to sign into law hours before government funding was set to lapse.
Congress averts a shutdown — but Democratic divisions ensue: 5 takeaways
The Senate on Friday approved a House GOP-crafted spending bill hours before the shutdown deadline, capping off the first funding fight of President Trump’s second term — a saga that ripped apart ...