Senate Majority Leader John Thune has deputized a folksy Louisiana lawmaker known for his blunt political observations and creative analogies to take the lead in convincing President Donald Trump ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) urged her Democratic colleagues in the Senate to vote against the House-passed stopgap spending measure, warning them to be weary of “procedural ...

Senator John Fetterman shocked listeners when he started talking about 'explosive diarrhea' while discussing a looming government shutdown. The Pennsylvania Democrat has been vocal that he ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that Democrats would reject a government funding bill that Republicans wrote and passed through the House, leaving it ...

Senate Democrats say privately that they will not allow the government to shut down Saturday, despite growing pressure from activists and liberal lawmakers who want them to kill a GOP-crafted six ...

REPORT It’s Wednesday. Can you believe it was five years ago this week that COVID-19 began to shut down the world? Walt ...

Washington — Less than two months since President Trump's inauguration, the Republican-led Senate has confirmed ... nearly half of the nominees. Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Ruben ...

In a statement to The Daily Signal, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., highlighted what the latest confirmation means for the Senate. “I have said from the very beginning that a ...

30 − taking the first step to avoid another government shutdown. Now, it’s up to the Senate to pass the bill and get it to President Donald Trump’s desk before the 11:59 p.m. deadline on Friday.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who announced days ago that he would vote for a House-passed funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, said he doesn’t care about firebrand Rep. Alexandria ...

Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation ...

She worked with Senator John McCain of Arizona, who died in 2018, on a plan to provide visas for Afghans who helped the U.S. military during the war in their country. And in both Washington and ...