Senate reaches bipartisan funding deal, but shutdown risk lingers as House delay threatens swift passage. Follow live.

North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is vowing to block any Fed picks until an investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell is "resolved."

The Detroit Democrat's habitual absences in the state Senate break with a longstanding tradition in Michigan of presiding over daily sessions.

Maine’s Senate race could be one of the most crucial in this year’s midterms and could decide which party will control the chamber. Democrats are trying to unseat the Republican incumbent, Sen. Susan Collins,

President Trump endorsed former critic John Sununu over ally Scott Brown in crucial New Hampshire GOP Senate primary that could determine chamber control.

Trump names his Fed chair nominee and strikes a deal with Senate Democrats ahead of a government shutdown deadline.

Senate leaders have a bipartisan funding deal in hand but it remains to be seen whether they will avert a costly government shutdown as the clock ticks down toward Friday’s midnight deadline.

Government shutdown all but guaranteed as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says earliest action on Senate-passed spending bill is Monday, with two-thirds majority potentially needed.