After 41 grinding days that marked the longest government shutdown in US history, the Senate on Monday finally broke the deadlock by passing legislation to reopen the government and restore a sense of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a small group of Democrats ratified a deal with ...

The U.S. Senate voted Monday, 60 to 40, to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. Now it’s up to the House of Representatives to put an end to the contentious 41-day work ...

The Senate approved a bill to end the longest government shutdown in history, with some Democrats agreeing to a deal with Republicans. The 41-day shutdown may extend slightly longer, as members of the ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Friday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Editor’s note: The Senate passed legislation Monday, Nov. 10, to reopen ...

Eight Democrats joined Republicans in voting on a step toward re-opening the government late Nov. 9, including one lawmaker from Illinois. The ongoing shutdown is the longest in U.S. history, ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Alabama to use a new state Senate map in upcoming legislative elections after ruling that districts drawn by lawmakers illegally diluted the voting ...