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

In helping averti a shutdown, Chuck Schumer has ignited a rebellion within his own party, writes Philip Elliott in The D.C.

Ten Democrats joined with most Republicans to set up a final vote on the six-month spending measure hours out from the shutdown deadline.

Democrats are fighting each other, distracting Washington, at least temporarily, from Trump’s trade war that has wreaked havoc on the stock market.

Senate votes on funding bill ahead of midnight deadline to avoid government shutdown - Democrats warn against GOP’s ...

Nine Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted with Republicans to advance a bill funding the government through September and requiring $13 billion in non-defense spending cuts.

President Trump railed against the media on Friday, suggesting that some of the actions of the press be deemed illegal and should be investigated. In a speech at the Department of Justice (DOJ), ...

The Senate voted 62-38 in favour of advancing the measure, which will fund the federal government through to September 30. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and a handful of other Democrats sided ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration let nearly 1,400 people go, while the Social Security Administration is aiming to cut 7,000 jobs. Dwarfing them all is the Department of Veterans ...