The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats ...

"As bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse ...

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal ...

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding bill, signaling ...

The party is torn between pushing back against President Trump and triggering a shutdown with unknown consequences.

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that ...

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.