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

The surprise North Texas victory energized Democrats and drew national attention, even as Republicans moved to downplay its significance.

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

With the House not voting until Monday, the Pentagon and most domestic agencies are set to shutter briefly.

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.

Federal funding is set to lapse at midnight Friday, and votes are still required in both chambers of Congress.

The pressure now moves to the House, which is in recess, as the government enters at least a limited funding lapse.

Senate leaders were scrambling to save a bipartisan spending deal and avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday as Democrats have demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids ac

House leaders are aiming to expedite consideration of the Senate's deal to fund the government as a shutdown looms after midnight.

The provision, buried in the bill and absent from the digest, would eliminate degrees where graduates earn less than peers with a high school diploma.

The Senate voted Friday to fund most of the government through the end of September after President Trump made a deal with Democrats to carve out Homeland Security funding and allow Congress to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.

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,