With the House not voting until Monday, the Pentagon and most domestic agencies are set to shutter briefly.

Senate reaches bipartisan funding deal, but shutdown risk lingers as House delay threatens swift passage. Follow live.

The Senate has put Congress on path to stave off another prolonged government shutdown, approving a major spending deal struck with the White House that only temporarily funds the Department of Homeland Security to allow for long-term negotiations on federal immigration enforcement.

The pressure now moves to the House, which is in recess, as the government enters at least a limited funding lapse.

The Detroit Democrat's habitual absences in the state Senate break with a longstanding tradition in Michigan of presiding over daily sessions.

North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is vowing to block any Fed picks until an investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell is "resolved."

AUSTIN — Democrat Taylor Rehmet’s lead over Republican Leigh Wambsganss continued to grow late Saturday in a runoff for a Tarrant County state Senate seat, unofficial results showed as of 10 p.m. The returns early,

Maine’s Senate race could be one of the most crucial in this year’s midterms and could decide which party will control the chamber. Democrats are trying to unseat the Republican incumbent, Sen. Susan Collins,