WASHINGTON – Ten Senate Democrats joined with most of their GOP colleagues on Friday to advance a government funding bill, averting a partial shutdown of major federal services beginning at midnight.

The Senate passed a Republican-backed bill to fund the government, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk ahead of a midnight funding deadline. The bill, which would fund the government ...

On Saturday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: A government shutdown has been averted. USA TODAY Economy Reporter Rachel Barber takes a closer look at what's actually going on amid economic ...

almost certainly averting a government shutdown, with multiple Senate Democrats—including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.—voting to advance the bill despite backlash from House ...

Schumer understood things could get much worse for federal employees and congressional Democrats during a shutdown.

Curtis' bill would create a baseline budget that restarts each fiscal year at the prior year’s spending levels unless altered ...

After a nail-biter cloture vote in the U.S. Senate, a government shutdown appears unlikely as Republicans’ stopgap bill now moves to a final majority vote before the midnight deadline. Despite most ...

So this long and terrible week is finally over. Chuck Schumer got what he wanted and there will be no government shutdown. We’ll never know what would have happened had it gone the other way ...

The Senate voted 54-46 to approve a stopgap spending bill known as a continuing resolution, or CR, on Friday evening, just hours before a potential government shutdown would begin. The House ...

It's likely the US government will avert a debilitating shutdown on Saturday, said Sen. Ted Cruz. "I think it's probably not going to happen. I think we're gonna see the Democrats cave," Cruz (R ...

WASHINGTON – Ten Senate Democrats joined with most of their GOP colleagues on Friday to advance a government funding bill, averting a partial shutdown of major federal services beginning at ...