Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending ...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he believes a government shutdown would plunge the United States “into chaos” and risk ...

Democrats in the Senate have different views on how they will vote on a Trump-backed bill to avert a government shutdown.

Several Senate Democrats have said they will not vote in favor of the current spending bill, raising the chances of a possible government shutdown.

Social media posts from Democrats with the same statement coincided with a promise Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including more federal layoffs and ...

President Trump said Democrats would be "purely to blame" for a government shutdown after House Republicans passed a funding bill that is uncertain to pass in the Senate.

Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is encountering obstacles in the Senate. The Senate Republican majority needs to ...

Senate Democrats are hoping for some small wins against Republicans as the chamber considers House GOP’s stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown. The House of Representatives approved a continuing ...

The odds that the federal government will shut down Saturday morning have risen in recent days as a growing number of Senate ...

Risks to travel are minimal if a government shutdown is short, but the longer it grows on, the more disruption in the industry can take hold.