Meanwhile, Republicans — who have forced Washington to the brink of shutdowns several times recently in pursuit of budget ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ...

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

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

Washington is now fully set to avert a government shutdown after an up and down week that saw House Republicans offering a ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...

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

Democrats, including House leaders and senators, repeatedly declined to answer whether they maintained confidence in Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader.

After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a ...