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

Unless Congress can pass a bill to fund the federal government (which Donald Trump then signs) before midnight on Friday, the ...

Schumer's commitment comes a day after the top Senate Democrat said “Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate.” ...

Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and ...

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in ...

At least eight Democrats will need to join with Republicans to move the funding package forward to avoid a partial government ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he understands Schumer's support for the bill but said it would result in "immediate, cruel ...

Trump and DOGE are set to gain more control over federal funds with the passage of a continuing resolution to avert a ...

Senate Democrats have "agonized" for days over what "many of them described an impossible choice between two evils ." Those ...

US benchmark equity indexes were higher intraday amid expectations that a looming government shutdown would be avoided. The Nasdaq Composite was up 2.5% at 17,735.9 after midday Friday, while the S&P ...

Alabama education officials said the federal government has resolved a glitch that delayed $9 million in reimbursements for ...

Darn. It looks like the government won't be shutting down after all, after Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) signaled he would break with his party and vote for the GOP spending bill after all, ...