The Senate will take a key procedural vote on Friday afternoon to potentially tee up final passage of a crucial stopgap government spending bill to avoid a shutdown as time runs out. After tense ...

Comedian Bill Burr attacked liberals Monday for having "no teeth whatsoever" to fight back against billionaires like Elon Musk. Burr previewed his upcoming Hulu comedy special "Drop Dead Years ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) announced on the Senate floor Thursday that he plans to vote to advance a House-passed six-month government funding bill, despite the strong ...

In a move that could reshape federal fiscal policy for the next decade, Republicans just passed a sweeping House budget bill that sets the stage for dramatic spending cuts—including a ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

The 217-213 vote to approve Republicans’ stopgap bill saw just one GOP defection, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and now amplifies pressure on Senate Democrats to decide whether to back the ...

The House on Tuesday passed a funding bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up the measure for consideration in the Senate. The chamber cleared the continuing resolution (CR ...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are approaching a year and a half of dating, and HBO's Bill Maher is shocked at how long it's lasted. During Friday's episode of "Real Time With Bill Maher," the ...

The Indiana House passed a priority bill that marks the closest lawmakers have gotten to price-controlling the state's largest nonprofit hospitals, amid a years-long effort to curb high health ...

Last week, President Trump lauded a House budget blueprint that would enable Congress to pass much of his legislative agenda in what he called “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.” That budget ...

The acerbic comic sounds like a Mamet character, and thanks to Nathan Lane, he’s making his Broadway debut as one in “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Credit...OK McCausland for The New York Times ...

This bill allows Congress to use a special process called reconciliation. Normally, most bills need 60 votes to pass in the Senate, but through reconciliation, some bills can pass with a simple ...