Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...

Democrats, including House leaders and senators, repeatedly declined to answer whether they maintained confidence in Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader.

WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a Republican-led government funding bill on Friday, averting a midnight government shutdown.

The vote came at a steep price for Democrats, fracturing the party with calls to oust Schumer as leader and primary Democrats who sided with the GOP.

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

The bill would have capped attorneys' fees and siphoned off 75% of punitive damages for a "patient safety improvement fund." ...

Local Representatives Ben Cline, Morgan Griffith, and John McGuire, as well as U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are ...

The Senate passed a Republican-led government funding bill on Friday, averting a midnight government shutdown. The bill, which some Democrats have said failed to implement any limits on President ...

Non-controversial legislation to allow for expanded use of satellite courthouses in Baldwin County has run into a political dispute over an unrelated school funding bill.