WASHINGTON — For the third time this week, Senate Democrats met for a lengthy lunch Thursday behind closed doors to chew over two political options that are hard for them to swallow: give ...

With the help of several Democrats, the Senate voted 54-46 Friday to pass a Republican-sponsored stopgap funding bill that averted a federal government shutdown. The vote was the second of two key ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that his party would oppose the spending bill that Republicans drafted and passed through the House, as the Friday midnight deadline ...

While the CR is bad, Schumer said from the Senate floor, a shutdown would be “much, much worse.” He pledged to keep fighting President Trump and Elon Musk, a fairly empty promise as ...

WASHINGTON – Ten Senate Democrats joined with most of their GOP colleagues on Friday to advance a government funding bill, averting a partial shutdown of major federal services beginning at ...

The Senate passed a GOP-backed spending plan to keep the government up and running through September, almost certainly averting a government shutdown, with multiple Senate Democrats—including ...

The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday advanced the first-ever digital assets bill from the panel along with a measure aimed at preventing financial institutions from using reputational risk as ...

House Democrats are furious at their fellow Democrats in the Senate for supporting a Republican spending bill, saying Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other aisle-hopping senators are ...

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) voiced support for President Trump’s tariff policies Thursday, even as she acknowledged the agricultural community can get “a little nervous” about the topic, which ...

The Senate will take a key procedural vote on Friday afternoon to potentially tee up final passage of a crucial stopgap government spending bill to avoid a shutdown as time runs out. After tense ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

Pete Buttigieg announced Thursday he will not run for Michigan’s governorship or the state’s open US Senate seat in 2026, setting up a potential presidential bid in 2028. “I care deeply ...