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 ...

The fate of the ongoing government shutdown will once again be put up for a vote in the Senate. Members of the Senate are expected to reconvene for a vote on a pair of bills to reopen the government ...

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 ...

A Senate panel on Wednesday will look into government pressure on social media platforms to censor speech protected under the First Amendment. “The First Amendment is the bedrock of this country, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is appearing before the Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigations on Wednesday to address allegations of misconduct against her connected to her ...

A Senate vote today, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, on ending the longest government shutdown in history won't happen after a House-passed measure to reopen the government failed on Election Day, Nov. 4, ...