Comedian Stephen Colbert pressed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on his show Thursday over his support for a ...

The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The ...

Democrats were confronted with two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast discretion on spending ...

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities and will give Trump and his allies more leeway to dismantle the federal ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill later today, avoiding a government shutdown at midnight. At least eight Democratic senators were needed to advance the spending bill for a final ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he won't resign his post, despite pressure from some in his party after he voted ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill later today, avoiding a government shutdown at midnight. At least eight Democratic senators were needed to advance the spending bill for a final ...

Senate Democrats decided not to block a GOP-led funding bill, which many have said fails to do enough to rein in Elon Musk's ...

President Trump's signature came after the Senate voted 54 to 46 to approve a spending bill to fund the government through ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure after Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, and a small ...

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 ...