What happened was nine Democrats stabbed the rest of their party in the back, the latest instance of backstabbing that is ...

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. In addition to roll call votes this week, the ...

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

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

The DSCC stepped up its fundraising to “stop” Trump and Elon Musk, but Minority Leader Schumer, DSCC Chair Gillibrand, and ...

A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate ...

The Senate voted on a key procedural motion regarding the House-passed stopgap spending bill on Friday. If a measure is not ...

Ten Senate Democrats helped Republicans advance a GOP-crafted stopgap spending bill, paving the way for it to pass ahead of the midnight deadline despite concerns from scores of their colleagues.

The bill — a continuing resolution that will essentially extend fiscal 2024 spending levels through the start of the 2026 fiscal year — is backed by President Trump.

The GOP bill would gut funding for health care, increase military spending, and fund mass deportation. It narrowly passed the ...