With talks to reopen the government intensifying, Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Thursday expressed determination to ...

Talks to reopen the government are intensifying. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told senators that they will soon move ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told his members he was close to courting enough Senate Democrats to back his plan to end the longest shutdown in history, but Democrats held a meeting of their own ...

Democrats are facing pressure from unions eager for the shutdown to end and from allied groups that want them to hold firm.

Thune reportedly said he plans to call another vote on the stop-gap spending bill Friday, the 38th day of impasse between ...

They hope to pair votes on the short-term measure with three longer-term bills, in hopes of luring Democrat votes.

Get the latest news and live updates as the government shutdown enters Day 37, with FAA cuts to flights and energy bill assistance cuts looming.

Senate Democrats appeared emboldened in their shutdown posture Wednesday after a sweep in key races in Tuesday's elections.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told fellow Republicans Thursday to be prepared to vote Friday on the bill to open the ...

Senate leaders plan to take up a stopgap funding measure Friday in a bid to break a Democratic logjam and end the partial government shutdown.

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President Donald Trump is hosting leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House. He's intensifying his hunt for ...