The Senate voted to advance a Republican-backed bill to fund the government, setting the measure on a glide-path to final passage ahead of a midnight funding deadline.

Given the opportunity to cut off funding for the government, the Democrats instead ensured that Trump's administration ...

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

Local Representatives Ben Cline, Morgan Griffith, and John McGuire, as well as U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are ...

Non-controversial legislation to allow for expanded use of satellite courthouses in Baldwin County has run into a political dispute over an unrelated school funding bill.

The Senate passed a Republican-led government funding bill on Friday, averting a midnight government shutdown. The bill, which some Democrats have said failed to implement any limits on President ...

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

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic ...

Democrats, including House leaders and senators, repeatedly declined to answer whether they maintained confidence in Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader.

Both Sens. Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch voted no, saying the funding bill gave President Donald Trump and his advisors too much budgetary power.