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

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) became the third Senate Democrat to publicly support advancing the House-passed stopgap ...

The Senate has until midnight Friday to pass a bill to keep the government open. Meantime, President Donald Trump will deliver what the White House calls a law-and-order speech on Friday at the ...

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

President Donald Trump praised a longtime adversary, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, after the New York Democrat said ...

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

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is facing backlash after declaring he'd vote for a GOP spending bill to avoid a federal ...

At least eight Democrats will need to join with Republicans to get the bill to a 60-vote threshold and advance it.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have condemned the House-passed spending bill and vowed to vote against it as it comes up in the Senate, even as other Democrats say they’ll support it to ...

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision to vote for the House GOP funding bill to avert a government shutdown "a tremendous mistake." ...

Democrats split over Republican plan to avert government shutdown ahead of midnight deadline - Democrats warn against GOP’s ...

The stopgap funding bill has already passed in the House and faces a late deadline tonight in the Senate to avoid a shutdown. While Republicans have a majority in the Senate, they’ll need some ...