U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday, with major indexes rebounding at the close of a rocky week. Investors cheered as Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he wouldn't oppose the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has managed to do the impossible: unite almost the entire left (against him).

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

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and House Democratic leadership are not changing their stance on the GOP-led ...

Senate Democrats must choose between a government shutdown or a bill they hate, as the deadline to pass a spending bill looms.

Alan Simpson’s three terms as Wyoming senator covered the Republican Party’s rejuvenation under Ronald Reagan.

Two Republican-sponsored amendments were the first efforts to slow down and require public comment on the state’s tribal ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats ...

The Senate was preparing Friday to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz is set to appear before the Senate Finance committee Friday for his confirmation hearing to be the ...