The hearing Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee is expected to feature tough questioning for Pentagon leaders over the legality of the deployments, which in some places were done over the objections of mayors and governors.

The Senate on Thursday failed to move two competing health care bills as Affordable Care Act subsidies, which overtook headlines during the record-long government shutdown, are set to expire at

The Senate on Friday afternoon will again take up dueling stopgap funding bills that could reopen the government, as the lapse in funding stretches into a third day. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N ...

The government shutdown hit Day 35 today, and we are hours away from the longest impasse in history. Will the Senate vote today? What time? See here.

Senate Democrats are holding a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to urge President Donald Trump to use the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency fund to support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as food benefits are set to run out ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was drawing closer to a vote on legislation to end the shutdown on Monday after a small group of Senate Democrats broke a 40-day stalemate late Sunday evening and voted with Republicans to move forward with reopening the ...

Watch live from the Senate floor. The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies. The move angered many in their caucus, who say ...

The Senate returns to Washington today, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, with no vote scheduled on a House-backed plan to fund and reopen the government. The shutdown, now in its 34th day, will become the longest in U.S. history on Tuesday, Nov. 4, surpassing the ...