Senate leaders are nearing a deal to pass a package of five appropriations bills that would fund most of the federal government through fiscal 2026, which has the potential to largely take the threat ...

President Donald Trump and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent urged an end to the Senate filibuster rule ahead of an anticipated ...

Congress will have to reach another agreement to avoid a government shutdown in early 2026. That could prove a challenge with midterms coming up.

Meanwhile, the stopgap spending measure that ended the earlier shutdown expires on January 30. Since very likely nothing will ...

Washington — The Senate is set to take a long-anticipated vote on a Democratic health care proposal this week, a key tenet of the deal to end the government shutdown. But the measure is unlikely to ...

Senators in both parties are bracing for another government shutdown next year after Republicans blocked a proposal to extend ...

Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday gave thanks to the eight senators who broke with their party and voted for legislation to end the government shutdown. "We applaud seven Senate Democrats and one ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer declined Tuesday to rule out triggering another government shutdown as Democrats press ...

The Democratic-led Michigan Senate has voted to restore most of the $645 million in state funding that a Republican-led House committee unilaterally canceled last week.

WASHINGTON -- The government stumbled into a midnight shutdown Thursday as a rogue Senate Republican blocked a speedy vote on a massive, bipartisan, budget-busting spending deal, protesting the return ...

Thursday’s planned vote is a potentially unceremonious end to a monthslong Democratic effort to prevent the COVID-era subsidies from expiring.