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

The Senate has passed a six-month spending bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down ...

City officials say a Republican bill to fund the federal government will force the city to lay off all manner of personnel, ...

Rep. Emmer on GOP agenda as Senate advances funding bill Attorney has theory on Trump’s strategy behind birthright ...

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 ...

A bill filed Friday and backed by top Republicans aims to give doctors more leeway to treat pregnant patients in medical ...

The government funding bill that’s headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax ...

The passage of the funding bill came hours before a shutdown, with Democrats under fierce pressure to oppose the measure.

A group of 10 Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), on Friday voted to advance a ...

One crisis looks to be avoided as a midnight deadline looms to keep the government funded amid economic uncertainty and a ...

Relatives and colleagues remember former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming as a figure who was "gifted in crossing party lines." ...