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

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

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

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

The Senate has passed a six-month spending bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to ...

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

The bill — a continuing resolution that will essentially extend fiscal 2024 spending levels through the start of the 2026 fiscal year — is backed by President Trump.

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

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 ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addressed the upper chamber and publicly declared his intention to vote for the ...

Friday evening, the Senate voted 54-46 to pass a short-term spending bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), keeping the ...