WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed ...

The Senate voted to advance a Republican-backed bill to fund the government, setting the measure on a glide-path to final passage ahead of a midnight funding deadline.

Pelosi is just the latest, but is arguably the most influential, Democrat to slam Schumer’s decision. The former House ...

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

Before the Senate voted on Friday to fund the government and avert a shutdown, Sen. Patty Murray made it known that she ...

The bill’s path to approval caused upheaval in the Democratic ranks and put Senate Democrats in a tough spot.

Both Sens. Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch voted no, saying the funding bill gave President Donald Trump and his advisors too much budgetary power.

The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...