Just hours before a shutdown was set to start, Congress passed a bill to keep the government funded for the next six months. Republicans averted the shutdown with the help of a key Democrat.

While Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King voted for the spending measure to avoid a shutdown, it eliminates millions of ...

Trump spending bill passes to avert government shutdown as Democrats reel after Schumer U-turn: Live updates - Democrats ...

The Senate passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline Friday, ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump forges ahead with his efforts to remake the federal government after the Senate passed a stopgap bill ...

President Trump has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a weapon. Most Republicans in Congress, meanwhile ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. was widely criticized for surrendering to President Donald Trump on the ...

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

Johnson is often thought of as the accidental speaker. And it’s true that he was pulled out of quasi-obscurity after the caucus took down his predecessor Kevin McCarthy just 17 months ago. At the time ...

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