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 on their own, edge toward a risky government shutdown, unt ...

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 ...

The stunning and fierce revolt against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for backing down from Republicans in a shutdown battle is being magnified by the resounding silence from Democrats ...

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 ...