A midnight Friday deadline is looming for the U.S. Senate to pass a federal funding bill to avert a government shutdown.

President Donald Trump plans to sign the bill, which sustains key healthcare programs and keeps the federal government in ...

The Senate minority leader finds himself sharply at odds with many members of his caucus, fellow Democrats in the House and liberal activists.

Republicans scored enough Democratic support to break a filibuster on a controversial budget stopgap thanks to an ...

A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown has narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the ...

Ten Democrats joined with most Republicans to set up a final vote on the six-month spending measure hours out from the shutdown deadline.

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

A group of 10 Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), on Friday voted to advance a Republican-crafted bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, taking a crucial ...

Some Senate Democrats, including Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, have alternatively pushed for a four-week stopgap ...

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

Divisions within the Democratic party are on display after Schumer indicated that he would vote to advance a GOP-led stopgap ...