WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approached a key test vote Friday afternoon as lawmakers worked to avoid a partial government ...

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) became the third Senate Democrat to publicly support advancing the House-passed stopgap ...

Many in the party felt the New York Democrat was not showing sufficient fight, arguing that a government shutdown would force ...

Rosen said she was striking down the bill because it provides President Donald Trump and political ally Elon Musk ...

"We are not afraid of a government funding showdown. And we will win that showdown," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ...

Multiple federal offices in and around San Diego County could lose their tenancy as early as this summer as part of a muddled ...

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

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Friday morning to defend his decision to support a Republican short-term funding bill that will effectively help avoid a government shutdown at ...

After announcing that he be a no vote on the proposed spending plan -- a decision that could have led to a government shutdown -- Schumer backed down, saying from the floor he would vote yes.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision to vote for the House GOP funding bill to avert a government shutdown "a tremendous mistake." ...

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