The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of the federal government by passing a funding bill after ...

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

The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...

A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate ...

Sen. John Fetterman fired a searing shot at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the Democrats’ civil war over the Donald ...

The Senate minority leader finds himself sharply at odds with many members of his caucus, fellow Democrats in the House and liberal activists.

After a 54-46 vote, the measure now heads to Trump to sign into law hours before government funding was set to lapse.

Ten Democrats joined with Republicans to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the measure. The vote was 62-38.

Ten Senate Democrats helped Republicans advance a GOP-crafted stopgap spending bill, paving the way for it to pass ahead of the midnight deadline despite concerns from scores of their colleagues.