The government shutdown enters its sixth day as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., demands a deal on expiring ...

Senate Rules Chair Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told senators in a closed-door lunch on Tuesday that his committee is drafting a fix that would allow senators to use official funds for security expenses, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Retiring U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell was honored by the Kentucky Chamber Tuesday night at the 79th Annual ...

The chilly relationship is a rather new development. Schumer and Thune have served together in the Senate for more than 20 years, including overlapping on the powerful Finance Committee. Even into the ...

More than a dozen Republican senators on Monday night voted with all Senate Democrats to reject invoking cloture on a bill that seeks to permanently end government shutdowns. Wisconsin Republican Sen.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s move is the latest salvo after a dozen years of gradual changes by both parties to weaken the filibuster and make the nominations process more partisan.

Retired Marine pilot Amy McGrath announced on Monday that she is running to replace U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in 2026 ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell was a key player in the last federal government shutdown, which lasted 35 days in late 2018 and early 2019.

Party leaders in Congress have long criticized government shutdowns as toxic and destructive. "Always a bad idea," former ...