The Senate voted 62 to 38 Friday evening to advance a GOP spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown set to occur ...

Former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson died at age 93 on Friday. Simpson passed away in Cody, Wyoming, surrounded by ...

As plastic piles up in landfills, New York authorities on the state and local levels are shifting their focus from recycling ...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll double planned tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel, sticking with a trade war ...

Trump says the increase of the tariffs is a response to the price increases that the provincial government of Ontario put on ...

A factor behind the reportedly tense confrontation at a Cabinet meeting Thursday was the decimation of the U.S. Agency for ...

Operation Lone Star has unleashed a windfall for private contractors cashing in on a four-year-long emergency shopping spree.

Ten Democrats joined with most Republicans to set up a final vote on the six-month spending measure hours out from the shutdown deadline.

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

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

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

The Senate minority leader finds himself sharply at odds with many members of his caucus, fellow Democrats in the House and liberal activists.