The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

Democrats were confronted with two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast ...

Schumer’s comments have provoked strong reactions from across the Democratic Party. Schumer’s comments Friday “As I announced ...

The continuing resolution approved by the House this week would force DC officials to make $1 billion in cuts to city ...

Washington averted a government shutdown after an up-and-down week saw House Republicans offering a united front and ...

Washington, D.C., which has often had a tenuous peace with the federal government when Republicans controlled Congress and ...

Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.

The Senate is expected to begin voting Friday afternoon on a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

The Senate approved a separate bill that allows D.C. to continue operating under its current budget, which seemed on track to ...

The district is also facing up to $1 billion in federal funding cuts due to a Republican continuing resolution bill.

District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair ...