The Senate voted Monday night to pass a funding bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has faced calls to step aside as Democratic leader after eight senators broke from the party to vote with ...

Republicans came one step closer yesterday in keeping their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in next year's midterms.

The government shutdown hit Day 35 today, and we are hours away from the longest impasse in history. Will the Senate vote today? What time? See here.