Democrats have been sharply divided over the Trump-backed spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight.

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting for the measure Friday, but he said there was "very little" he liked about it. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., voted against it, saying she refuses ...

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a ...

Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...

Republicans scored enough Democratic support to break a filibuster on a controversial budget stopgap thanks to an ...

The GOP bill would gut funding for health care, increase military spending, and fund mass deportation. It narrowly passed the ...

After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a ...

The Senate passed a six-month funding bill Friday to avert a government shutdown hours ahead of the midnight deadline, ...