Poor U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin — the vultures are circling. For starters, there's Father Time. Still undefeated, this ravenous super senior is swinging his scythe closer and closer to the octogenarian ...

The budget deal in Congress cut off a funding source for local initiatives involving child care, health care and housing.

LOS ANGELES — After a bruising Washington battle that averted a government shutdown but broke their party in two last week, leading California Democrats are trying to project a unified front on a ...

Schumer understood things could get much worse for federal employees and congressional Democrats during a shutdown.

On Saturday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: A government shutdown has been averted. USA TODAY Economy Reporter Rachel Barber takes a closer look at what's actually going on amid economic ...

The Senate minority leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer, and nine others broke with their colleagues to vote to advance the bill to its final Friday evening vote. Two Democrats - Senator Jeanne Shaheen ...

Stock indexes Friday traded higher as a US government shutdown on March 15 appeared unlikely after Senate Democratic leader Schumer said Thursday night that he will not block the Republican ...

A Norfolk grandmother charged in the death of her 3-month old granddaughter was in court Monday as her case moves forward. A man has died following a late-night shooting in Norfolk. According to ...

Shutdown averted: The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing in a 54-46, nearly party-line vote a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure that funds the ...

The Senate voted for a short-term spending bill that funds the federal government through September. Senate passes DC funding fix to prevent $1 billion in cuts, shifting fight to House Tesla is ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted to allow funding to the government. The US has averted a government shutdown after the Senate passed a Republican-led measure to keep the government ...