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 ...

A Donald Trump-backed government spending bill passed the Senate on Friday evening, hours before a midnight deadline to avert ...

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 ...

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

Underprepared teachers have been tied to student learning losses. But amid a teacher shortage crisis, school leaders fear the ...

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 ...