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

The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of the federal government by passing a funding bill after ...

Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...

After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a ...

The party’s split over supporting a spending extension to avert a lapse in government funding boiled down to a practical ...

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

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...

The bill now heads to President Donald Trump's desk for a signature. The Senate earlier took a key procedural vote on a ...

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

The Senate is up against a government funding deadline Friday and needs 60 votes to keep the lights on and prevent a shutdown ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...