Republicans will need all hands on deck, and an assist from Senate Democrats, to avoid a government shutdown in October.

Lawmakers are making slow headway on assembling a fiscal year 2026 package of 12 annual funding bills that provide money for federal agencies to spend on ...

The Senate bill is on pause after GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski backed an amendment from Democrats to block Trump's plan to keep ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee sputtered Thursday as its consideration of the annual Justice Department funding bill was ...

The federal government is extending changes it made in March to the employment insurance program in response to the trade war ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved an amendment to the annual Justice Department funding bill aimed at blocking the Trump administration from keeping the FBI’s ...

Senate Republicans are aiming to pass a rescissions package on a party-line vote, which Democrats say would upend the ...

Senate Democrats warn that GOP efforts to rescind $1.1B in CPB funding could collapse budget negotiations and trigger a ...

Schumer says Democrats are prepared to wield what leverage they have to withhold vital support to avoid a shutdown if Republicans pass a rescissions bill.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is signaling he could plunge the country into a partial government shutdown if Republicans move forward with rescinding just a fraction of a percent of ...

President Trump isn't planning to send a new to-do list to Congress after he signed his signature legislative victory into ...

Senate Republicans are pushing to cut spending by $9 billion after passing a massive tax bill that is projected to hike the ...