The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare as Democrats confront two painful options: allowing passage of a bill ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said the current fight over a Republican spending bill was the “best time” for Democrats to take on President Trump, coming less than two months into his ...

Tom Homan was shaking hands with colleagues around President Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security in Jan. 2017, ...

The reversal comes just one day after Schumer warned Republicans they did not have the votes needed to advance the bill. ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) announced on the Senate floor Thursday that he plans to vote to advance a House-passed six-month government funding bill, despite the strong ...

Representative Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first openly transgender member of the U.S. Congress, has not been accepted by all of her colleagues including MAGA Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who introduced le ...

WASHINGTON – It's a bad week to be a Senate Democrat.

President Trump said he will meet with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) at the White House on Friday to discuss plans for an energy pipeline that would run through the Empire State.  “The governor ...

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President Trump pardoned a former Tennessee Republican lawmaker who was two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for a campaign finance scheme. Former state Sen. Brian Kelsey announced his ...

Senate Democrats are facing a flurry of retirements in key states next year, turning up the heat on already competitive races ...

The spending bill fight threatens to divide congressional Democrats despite House lawmakers insisting they are “united” to ...