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

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

FILE – President Joe Biden awards the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to former Wyoming ...

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed ...

Attorneys representing both sides in the long-running legal battle over the validity of a Columbus City Council member’s candidacy in the 2023 municipal election say they are not sure how the Indiana ...

The United States averted a government shutdown with hours to spare Friday as lawmakers already reeling from President Donald ...

Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits of their new minority and culminated with a deeply personal rupture over ho ...

Several states are considering moves to change how they compensate people incarcerated after wrongful convictions ...

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

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.

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

An appeals court has lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion ...