The deal comes ahead of the Saturday shutdown deadline, but it will also need the approval of the House, which isn't scheduled to return until Monday — and at least one Republican senator has pushed back.

Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial sh...

President Donald Trump urged lawmakers to back the deal. “I am working hard with Congress to ensure that we are able to fully fund the Government, without delay. Republicans and Democrats in Congress ...

A person is escorted away as Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared on Wednesday, Jan. 28, in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for a hearing about U.S. policy towards Venezuela.

Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had acted to take out a major U.S. national security threat in its own hemisphere with the Jan. 3 operation t...

Congressional Democrats have condemned Trump's moves as exceeding the authority of the executive branch, while most — but not all — Republicans have supported them as a legitimate exercise of presiden...

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, which oversees commodities trading, advanced a bill on Thursday ‌that would establish a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies on a party-line vote, a...

The U.S. Senate's Agriculture Committee is holding its first markup hearing on crypto market structure legislation, giving lawmakers a chance to debate and vote on amendments and possibly advance the ...