The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...

Russia President Vladimir Putin agreed in principle on Thursday with a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine. President Donald Trump prepared to host NATO secretary general Mark ...

Democrats are pushing a stopgap 30-day funding bill as an alternative. But its prospects are dim in the Congress controlled ...

Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is encountering obstacles in the Senate. The Senate Republican majority needs to ...

In the latest salvo in Donald Trump’s trade war against U.S. allies, the president threatened a 200 percent tariff on ...

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, until Democrats swoop ...

Several Senate Democrats have said they will not vote in favor of the current spending bill, raising the chances of a possible government shutdown.

The federal government could be in for a shutdown in less than two days after Senate Democrats offered up a plan to play hardball and oppose a House bill that would keep the government open until ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

The leading Democrats in the House are ramping up the pressure on Senate Democrats to oppose the GOP’s spending bill, warning that the proposal would slash crucial public services to vulnerable ...