As the government shutdown 2025 continues, the Senate votes today, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, on a House-passed measure to reopen the government amid a bitter impasse between senators. Today is Day 20 of ...

Graham Platner, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate from Maine, responded dismissively to a cartoon about sexual assault in the military and downplayed the challenges servicemembers face in reporting ...

Senate Democrats rejected for the 10th time Thursday a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress take up health care ...

The U.S. Senate failed to pass a stopgap funding bill, extending the partial government shutdown. The main disagreement between parties is over the expiration of health insurance subsidies linked to ...

Massachusetts, get ready for a Senate primary battle. U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 46, has announced that he will be challenging U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, 79, next year. “We’re in a crisis, and with everything ...

With the federal government's partial shutdown now in its 14th day and little progress made toward reaching an agreement to reopen, the Senate is set to convene at 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 14, with ...

WASHINGTON - Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills announced that she will be running for U.S. Senate in a bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who has served as the senator of the Pine Tree state ...

Former Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday dashed the dreams of Democrats who hoped he would jump into next year's U.S. Senate race. Edwards said he will stay out of an election where Sen. Bill Cassidy is ...

The Senate has also failed to pass a Republican bill that would extend government funding and reopen operations by a vote of 52-42. The shutdown continues. It's been six days since the shutdown began ...

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee posture hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., March 16, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff ...

Oct. 9 (UPI) --The Senate failed to pass a funding bill again Thursday, continuing the government shutdown. The vote in the Senate for the Republican-backed bill was 54-45. The bill needs 60 votes to ...

Washington — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked an effort aimed at preventing continued U.S. strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats off the coast of Venezuela. Democrats forced a vote on the ...