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

Ten Senate Democrats provided the necessary votes to allow the House-approved government funding bill to advance on Friday ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

The plan would avert a government shutdown but give Donald Trump and Elon Musk more power over spending, sparking fierce ...

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

Senate Democrats decided not to block a GOP-led funding bill, which many have said fails to do enough to rein in Elon Musk's ...

Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...

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

The bill now heads to President Donald Trump's desk for a signature. The Senate earlier took a key procedural vote on a ...

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

Democrats were split on the vote, with some wanting to use it as leverage to fight Department of Government Efficiency cuts.