The Senate passed a Republican-backed bill to fund the government, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk ahead of a midnight funding deadline. The bill, which would fund the government through Sept. 30, passed 54-46. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Angus King (I-ME) voted with the majority of Republicans to pass the bill. Sen. […]

One of the men Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) accused of sexual abuse in a fiery speech on the House floor last month is suing the congresswoman for defamation, a test of legal rules that members of Congress say protect remarks in the chamber. Mace accused a group of South Carolina businessmen of being “rapists, peeping toms or […]

The Supreme Court signaled Friday it will review the Trump administration’s request to press forward with ending birthright citizenship. The Trump administration filed a trio of legal appeals regarding birthright citizenship to the country’s highest court on Thursday. The emergency petitions asked the Supreme Court to narrow lower court orders halting President Donald Trump’s executive […]

Ten Senate Democrats voted Friday to help Republicans break a 60-vote filibuster and advance a Trump-backed government funding bill that paves the way for Congress to avoid a midnight shutdown deadline. The vote came at a steep price for Democrats, with the party fracturing over Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) decision to support advancing the measure. […]