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

At least seven Democrats, who have been divided on their shutdown strategy, will need to join with Republicans for the measure to clear a key procedural hurdle.

This move marks a significant concession from Schumer, who reversed his stance just one day after promising that Democrats would block the GOP measure. As a result, the bill is now poised to secure ...

The market, in turn, has tumbled as Trump’s trade war sparks fears of a forthcoming recession. Last week, the Dow dropped 670 ...

A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday ...

"Took 'guts' and courage!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Friday morning, celebrating the probable aversion of a partial government shutdown in comments that will likely drive a deeper wedge ...

Many Senate Democrats in states that voted for President Donald Trump plan to vote against the Republican-led government ...

President Trump continued to threaten tariffs as DOGE continued its cuts of the federal workforce. It was another ...

The Senate is preparing to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl ...

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