Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...

Senate Republicans and some Democrats voted to advance a stopgap funding bill which clears the path for a final vote to avert ...

Some Senate Democrats, including Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, have alternatively pushed for a four-week stopgap ...

One crisis looks to be avoided as a midnight deadline looms to keep the government funded amid economic uncertainty and a ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday looked set to advance a bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown, after a sufficient ...

Ten Democrats joined Republicans to surpass the 60-vote threshold, with the measure advancing by a 62-38 vote.

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Party was fracturing Friday as a torrent of frustration and anger was unleashed at Senate ...

The measure had a pathway for passage following the cloture vote on the bill, which passed on a near-partisan basis in the ...

The Senate is has just hours left to avoid a partial government shutdown.