The Senate for a second day in a row rejected rival measures to fund the government, prolonging the shutdown that began at ...

The Senate is slated to vote on measures to keep the government open ahead of the midnight shutdown deadline. There will be two votes considering proposals brought forth by Democrats and ...

Get live updates from Capitol Hill as Republicans and Democrats in Congress scramble to avoid a government shutdown.

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years began at midnight after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on extending ...

The U.S. government is under its first federal government shutdown in almost seven years as Senate Democrats have voted down ...

The Senate on Tuesday spurned a Democratic stopgap spending bill, putting lawmakers a step closer to a government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline. Lawmakers voted along party lines, ...

The government shutdown is in its third day on Friday with senators set to vote for the fourth time on bills to fund the ...

Live from Senate floor as Congress faces a deadline to adopt a spending measure and prevent a federal government shutdown.

US government funding will cut off at midnight unless the Republican Party can agree with Democrats on a way forward.

Watch live from the Senate floor as the U.S. government enters a shutdown, creating uncertainty across federal operations.

Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds an impromptu news conference with reporters just outside the chamber to say he has filed an amendment on the Senate floor to require the attorney ...