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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...