A government shutdown has officially been averted, as President Donald Trump signs the continuing resolution into law.

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

WASHINGTON - A partial government shutdown was avoided Friday when the Senate approved a bill to keep the government funded ...

Rep. Laura Friedman's amendment has 60 Democratic co-sponsors and seeks to prevent Donald Trump from "illegally withholding" ...

"Literally zero Senate Democrats support the filibuster. 38 voted to filibuster the continuing resolution yesterday," wrote ...

The Republican-led Senate on Friday voted to end debate on its six-month Continuing Resolution, preparing the chamber to vote on passing the legislation later in the day. A total of 10 Senate ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addressed the upper chamber and publicly declared his intention to vote for the ...

Ten Democrats voted to advance the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through September, setting the stage for ...

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown and provides $6 billion in new spending for ...

Rising to leadership of the U.S. Senate appropriations committee this year positioned Republican Sen. Susan Collins to bring home a lot of federal money for projects across Maine. But the stopgap ...

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.