The U.S. Senate failed to pass the House's short-term funding bill Friday and failed to pass the Democrats' responding ...

A Republican measure to keep the government funded past Oct. 1 stalled in the Senate after clearing the House on Friday.

As lawmakers stare down a deadline to fund the government, they appear poised to reject a Trump effort to make big changes to ...

The U.S. Senate has confirmed dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees at once, voting for the first time this session ...

In a move of profound symbolic and practical importance, the Continental Congress formally adopted “United States of America” as the official name of the new nation.

The House passed the spending bill 217-212, with only one Democrat in support, sending the legislation to the Senate, where it is likely to flounder without Democratic support. The measure would ...

The Senate confirmed the nominee in a bipartisan 47-43 split, which saw Democratic Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire join all Republicans ...

Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Tim Kaine (Va.) have introduced a new resolution under the War Powers Act that would stop U.S. military strikes against boats from Venezuela that ...

Democrats have introduced a first-of-its kind bill into the U.S. Senate to call on President Donald Trump to recognize a ...