WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Congress is just hours away from a potential government shutdown. The Senate has until midnight to pass a spending bill that funds federal agencies through September. Thursday ...

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, broke with his party on Thursday and said he would vote for a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday that Republicans are open to giving Democrats an amendment vote on a ...

“Democrats need to decide if they’re going to support funding legislation that came over from the House, or if they’re going ...

Senate Democrats say they will not vote for the House-passed six-month government funding package, which would boost defense spending and cut nondefense programs, unless they first get a vote on a ...

Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms ...

In the near future, I want to do what has not been done in 24 years: balance the federal budget,” Trump said Tuesday at his ...

The more than 90-minute address added up to an defiant sales pitch for the policies that he promised during his campaign and ...

House Republicans' recently passed resolution does not explicitly call for cuts to food stamps, but reductions could be coming.

President Donald Trump has delivered his first major speech to Congress since returning to the White House, outlining his ...

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress, and I'll be watching tonight’s speech with eye on Ukraine, ...