WASHINGTON: The United States government entered a partial shutdown on Saturday (Jan 31) as a midnight funding deadline passed without Congress approving a 2026 budget, though disruption was expected to be limited with the House set to move early next week to ratify a Senate-backed deal.

The Senate is on track to pass a government funding package Friday afternoon after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told colleagues that he will release his hold on the massive spending bill if he gets a vote on legislation to crack down on sanctuary cities.

US senators on Friday approved a last-minute deal backed by President Donald Trump to avert the worst impacts of an imminent government shutdown, after Democratic anger over the killing of two protesters by immigration agents derailed funding talks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a small group of Democrats ratified a deal with ...

BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana Illuminator) – U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow declared Tuesday morning she will enter this year’s U.S. Senate race, following a social media endorsement over the weekend from President Donald Trump.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has filed paperwork to run for the United States Senate in 2026. Cooper announced his candidacy in a post to X on Wednesday, Dec. 3. “I’ve lived and served in North Carolina my entire ...

The United States Senate passed a funding package, intended to end the government shutdown. Included in that package is an important provision to close a loophole in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (aka the 2018 Farm Bill) which has enabled the ...

John Thune can move Lindsey Graham’s secondary sanctions bill and send a message to the White House and the Kremlin. If they can ignore the parliamentarian on electric vehicles, why not on their tax bill? On healthcare? On the president’s latest overreach?

The United States Senate is at a precarious moment. From tariffs to agency funding to foreign affairs, the Senate’s check on the executive branch is arguably weaker than ever, with some critics, and some senators, warning that the body is abandoning its ...

From Texas House District 100 to representing the Lone Star State in Congress’ upper chamber, Rep. Jasmine Crockett announced her candidacy for the United States Senate on the same day as the state’s deadline for primary candidates to qualify.

By Patricia Zengerle and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due to testify in the Senate about President Donald Trump's Venezuela policy on Wednesday, after scrambling to keep his former colleagues from passing a resolution to rein in the administration's war powers.