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

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Friday morning to defend his decision to support a Republican ...

The bill passed the Senate, 84 to 16, with all the no votes from Democrats. It next heads to the House, where a similar ...

The measure, which passed with bipartisan support and minor changes, now heads back to the House. It is just the second ...

Former Wyoming Sen. Alan K. Simpson, one of the most colorful lawmakers in recent congressional history, died Friday at age ...

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday looked set to advance a bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown, after a sufficient ...

The Senate voted to end debate on the six-month stopgap funding bill Friday after negotiations all morning and into the ...

Democrats anxious to deny Donald Trump and his Republican Party a governing trifecta as soon as possible are feeling pretty ...

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

Majority Leader John Thune has prioritized the legislation, making it one of the early bills to send to President Trump for ...