The Senate took a significant step Friday towards averting a partial government shutdown in the fall by passing a tranche of government funding bills, much earlier than usual.

The general contours of the deal that Senate leadership has been negotiating with the White House have Democrats agreeing to speed up dozens of the president’s nominees, in exchange for the ...

Pressure from Trump, coupled with delays by Democrats, has complicated the upper chamber’s ability to embark on its extended summer break.

That’s a reference to the ongoing standoff Kennedy’s in with Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins of Maine over the energy and water bill, which last year directed nearly $60 billion in annual ...

Republican senators are getting ready to leave Washington without advancing a major sanctions bill against Russia, giving ...

President Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) are making slow ...

A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate's yearly August recess, for now, as President Donald Trump ...

President Donald Trump ’s latest tariff moves drew worries from Wall Street as stocks slumped Friday and Treasury yields fell ...

At least 150 nominees still need to be confirmed, including many judicial nominees, such as acting United States Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.

The major GOP super PACS involved in Senate races raised more than their Democratic counterparts so far this year, according ...

Senate Republicans have struggled to reach a deal with Democrats to confirm a slew of President Donald Trump's nominees as ...