A plain-spoken, sometimes cantankerous lawmaker, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer gave members of his caucus days to vent their frustration about the options before them, but late Thursday made clear he will not allow a government shutdown.

The party’s Senate leader said the GOP measure is better than enduring a shutdown, ahead of this weekend’s deadline.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician and former Republican U.S. Senate candidate nominated by President Donald Trump to ...

Polls show that small-business optimism has plummeted in the wake of Trump’s tariff rollercoaster. The National Federation of ...

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died at 93.

WASHINGTON: The United States government, already shaken by Donald Trump's radical reforms, could begin shutting down entirely this weekend as Democrats grapple with the politically risky option of ...

President Trump continued to threaten tariffs as DOGE continued its cuts of the federal workforce. It was another ...

Cortez (D-NY) doubled down on urging Democrats to reject the House GOP's stopgap funding bill, calling it a "bad idea" and a "mistake" if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) votes for cloture.