In a hearing leading up to the decision, Alsup torched the Trump administration’s decision not to submit OPM director Chad Ezell for questioning as a “sham,” and called the White House’s effort to ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced Friday afternoon that the Senate would begin voting immediately on a ...

Democrats agreed to speed up consideration of the bill to allow a vote on Friday in exchange for votes on four amendments.

Democrats found themselves in the middle of an all-out civil war on Friday as the Senate prepared to advance a six-month ...

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

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

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approached a key test vote Friday afternoon as lawmakers worked to avoid a partial government ...

Many in the party felt the New York Democrat was not showing sufficient fight, arguing that a government shutdown would force ...

The Senate minority leader’s flip-flop decision Thursday to vote with the GOP to advance a stopgap government funding measure ...