U. S. Senate Republicans have offered Democrats a face-saving way out of the government shutdown: in exchange for support to ...

As I contemplate next year’s Maine Democratic Party primary for Senate, involving the two leading candidates — Gov. Janet Mills and Graham Platner — the highly quotable phrase attributed to legendary ...

Eight Senate Democrats joined Republicans in a step to fund the government through January, though other hurdles remain.

The Senate passed a key test vote Sunday night on a plan that would be a major step toward reopening the government.

U.S. stocks were set to gain at the market open on Monday with an end to the government shutdown seemingly in sight. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 87 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures ...

A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' ...

A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent has helped clinch an agreement to end the government shutdown, ...

Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures are rising in premarket trading as the stock market digests a Senate vote that raises hopes for an end to the U.S. government shutdown.

The Republican-led chamber approved a procedural vote by 60 votes to 40, putting a hard limit on how much longer senators can ...

After 14 failed votes and a 40-day-long shutdown, the Senate is poised to take its first step toward reopening the government ...

The Senate has taken the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed ...

For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of ...