Senate Democrats’ decision to allow Republicans to pass a spending bill will avert a short-term shutdown, but it will also give Republicans the power to grant President Donald Trump new leverage to ...

With lawmakers set to take next week off, they leave having already accomplished one major priority: placing the St. Louis ...

While Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King voted for the spending measure to avoid a shutdown, it eliminates millions of ...

The Senate passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline Friday, ...

The Democratic Party was fracturing Friday as a torrent of frustration and anger was unleashed at Senate Democrats, led by ...

A familiar scene has played out over and over in the U.S. House: Republicans, unable to approve federal funding legislation on their own, edge toward a risky government shutdown, unt ...

Lawmakers on both sides of the abortion debate shared personal and emotional stories Thursday, with one holding back tears at ...

The American Indian Caucus is an informal group of about a dozen Native American state lawmakers who work together to advance ...

The Senate passed a six-month funding bill on Friday to avert a government shutdown hours ahead of the midnight deadline. It now goes to the White House where President Donald Trump is expected to ...

President Donald Trump forges ahead with his efforts to remake the federal government after the Senate passed a stopgap bill ...

The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...

The Senate passed a Republican-led spending bill Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed ...