House Democrats will hold a "Day of Action" across the country on Tuesday to push back against the GOP-backed spending bill ...

Advocates are seizing the moment to call for change, urging Congress not to “get back in the city management business” before ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of the federal government by passing a funding bill after ...

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

Former Wyoming Sen. Alan K. Simpson, one of the most colorful lawmakers in recent congressional history, died Friday at age ...

The Senate is preparing to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl ...

By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson and Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending ...

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...

The White House has withdrawn its nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the director of the US Centers for Disease ...

New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s decision to not seek reelection marks the latest bit of tough luck for Senate ...

The bill would place limits on single-use plastics at restaurants and hotels and ban thicker plastic bags at stores and ...