Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer defends his vote with Republicans to keep the government open and his position as leader in an appearance on “The View” on Tuesday.

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at the end of the day Friday.

The gains erase some losses suffered during an escalating trade war.

If Democrats want to mount a fight, it would require coherent collective strategy.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to vote for the House GOP funding bill "a tremendous mistake."

Senate Democrats remained tight-lipped on Thursday after meeting on the fast-approaching government funding deadline.

Trump stood by his tariff plans. "I'm not going to bend at all," Trump said.

The possibility of a government shutdown means many federally funded national parks, monuments and attractions might be closed until the government reopens.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are on edge as the Senate struggles to reach a deal ahead of Friday night's looming deadline.

House Republicans successfully blocked Democrats from forcing votes and debate on President Donald Trump's controversial tariffs.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government.

House Republicans passed a bill to fund the government through the end of September 2025. The measure now heads to the Senate, where Democrats face a "stark" choice.

House GOP leaders on Saturday unveiled a stopgap funding bill, known as a continuing resolution, that will fund the government at current levels through September 2025.

Musk is the world's richest man, owns one of its biggest communications platforms and is increasingly politically active. Washington is seeing how potent a blend that is.

After days of heated negotiations on Capitol Hill, the House passed its funding bill to prevent a government shutdown Friday night.

Based on past government estimates, some 3.5 million federal workers could go without paychecks this holiday season until an agreement is passed.

The holiday travel rush kicked off on Friday, but a looming government shutdown threatens to disrupt air travel for millions.

Many federal workers are at risk of furlough as Congress works to avert a federal government shutdown.

Speaker Mike Johnson said that Republicans will "regroup" and "come up with another solution" after the government funding bill failed to pass.

The reality is that a U.S. government default would be unprecedented, and many experts have said it would likely lead to economic chaos.

Trump's statement opposing the bill came out several hours after Musk's posts.

President-elect Donald Trump took credit for killing the government funding bill and said there will be a shutdown unless Congress takes action on the debt limit.

Senate Republicans weigh in on new government funding challenges as clock ticks.

With a shutdown looming by the end of the week, Republicans face pressure from Trump and his ally Elon Musk to drop the funding bill they negotiated with Democrats.

The GOP's government funding bill still isn’t ready -- putting the federal government on the brink of a shutdown at the end of the week.

House and Senate pass bill to fund the government until Dec. 20 and avoid a shutdown at the end of the month.

House leaders unveiled on Sunday their new legislation to avert a shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government until Dec. 20.

The House on Wednesday voted down Speaker Mike Johnson's funding plan with 14 Republicans voting against it and two others voting present.

The bill includes the SAVE Act, a measure that would require individuals to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to vote

Congress has increasingly turned to repeated stopgap bills to punt funding deadlines.

The Senate passed the $1.2 trillion government funding bills early Saturday in a 74-24 vote.

The long-awaited bipartisan government funding package bill text was released early Thursday morning as a shutdown looms.

With days until a partial government shutdown deadline, Speaker Mike Johnson said the newly negotiated bill text for the funding package will be out Wednesday afternoon.

Congressional leaders and the White House have reached an agreement to fund DHS, one of the last hurdles to prevent a partial government shutdown deadline Friday.

Congress is beginning the week without a deal to avert a partial government shutdown by Friday's deadline.

The Senate voted 75-22 to pass six funding bills that will keep programs governed by them funded through the end of September.

The House is voting on a package of six government funding bills Wednesday afternoon to avert a partial government shutdown before the Friday deadline.

The Senate passed a short-term funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown Thursday evening.

Congress is scrambling to lock in a plan to keep several key government agencies funded before a Friday deadline -- or risk a partial government shutdown.

Biden hosted the "Big 4" leaders to discuss Ukraine aid and government funding with a partial shutdown deadline just days away.