Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a Republican-led government funding bill on Friday, averting a midnight government shutdown.

Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...

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

A government shutdown was set to happen at the end of the day Friday. As the clock ticked, Senate Democrats were in an ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a GOP-written stopgap spending measure after ...

But Pelosi has smacked down her former counterpart in the Senate loud and clear. Let’s hope Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer gets the message. Pelosi’s press release, with my emphases, is below.

The United States Senate passed a bill on Friday (local time) to fund the government through September 30, narrowly avoiding ...

In helping averti a shutdown, Chuck Schumer has ignited a rebellion within his own party, writes Philip Elliott in The D.C.

The spending bill, which funds the government through September of this year, was in some doubt as Senate Democrats wavered ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is signaling he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending bill to prevent a midnight Friday government shutdown ...

The Senate minority leader finds himself sharply at odds with many members of his caucus, fellow Democrats in the House and liberal activists.