By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending ...

U.S. senators approve government funding to avoid a shutdown and vote to expand social security benefits::1, 2024:: ...

The vote capped a frantic week that saw Donald Trump and Elon Musk defeat an initial bipartisan deal, throwing Congress into ...

We all have our biases, and I’ll confess two of mine: I am unapologetically taken every year by the joy this season inspires, ...

This week’s events were a preview of the perils of governing that face Trump and Republicans in Congress, despite their ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, worked with and against a Republican-controlled legislature on issues like ...

On Dec. 22, 2018, the U.S. government began a record 35-day partial shutdown after the Senate was unable to agree on a ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks at a "Go Bigger on Climate, Care, and Justice" rally on July 20, 2021 in Washington, ...

"Shutdowns are stupid. When Congress doesn’t do his job, real people get hurt," Dusty Johnson said in a statement. "I can’t ...

Johnson tried to placate Trump by bringing up a slimmed-down, 116-page version of the bill on Thursday. It included disaster relief, farm aid and the debt ceiling. Trump immediately backed it, calling ...

The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the ...

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Senator-Elect Ruben Gallego shared their reaction to the House and Senate passing a bill to ...