WASHINGTON - A partial government shutdown was avoided Friday when the Senate approved a bill to keep the government funded ...

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

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

A government shutdown has officially been averted, as President Donald Trump signs the continuing resolution into law.

The bill narrowly passed the House earlier this week, with Rep. Thomas Massie being the only House Republican to oppose it.

Trump on Saturday signed into law a high-stakes continuing resolution that keeps the government funded through late September ...

President Trump signed a funding bill that keeps the government open through September, averting a shutdown after a drama-filled week on Capitol Hill.

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown and provides $6 billion in new spending for ...

Democrats were split on the vote, with some wanting to use it as leverage to fight Department of Government Efficiency cuts.

Rising to leadership of the U.S. Senate appropriations committee this year positioned Republican Sen. Susan Collins to bring home a lot of federal money for projects across Maine. But the stopgap ...

N.Y., and other Senate Democrats said they will oppose the six-month GOP government spending bill and want a one-month CR ...

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