N.Y., and other Senate Democrats said they'll oppose the six-month GOP government spending bill and want a one-month CR ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said that there is not enough Democratic support in the Senate to advance ...

Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is encountering obstacles in the Senate. The Senate Republican majority needs to ...

When President Donald Trump gave his joint address to Congress last week, he boasted that in his first few weeks back in the ...

N.Y., said Wednesday that Democrats would reject a government funding bill that Republicans wrote and passed through the House, leaving it uncertain whether Congress can avert a shutdown before Friday ...

Cooler February inflation doesn’t mean Fed will lower rates, promising obesity drug could challenge Novo Nordisk and Eli ...

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

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) defied House Democratic leadership Tuesday when he voted for the GOP’s bill to avert a government shutdown — the only one in the caucus to support the stopgap. Golden’s ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said Republicans “do not have the votes in the Senate” to advance a measure that would fund the government beyond Friday.

Canada and EU strike back at tariffs as trade war escalates - The European Commission and Canada have both issued retaliatory ...

Washington Democrats finally have a first point of leverage against President Donald Trump — but it comes with a dilemma that could leave them looking even more hapless than they have so far in his ...

With a government shutdown deadline looming, Senate Democrats are vowing to block the GOP funding bill, leaving the fate of federal operations uncertain. Senate Republicans need eight Democratic votes ...