US federal workers prepared to return to work Tuesday after Congress ended a three-day government shutdown, with President Donald Trump claiming victory in his standoff with Democrats.
The House voted 266 to 150 to extend federal funding for another three weeks, hours after Senate Democrats dropped their opposition to the plan after winning Republican assurances of a vote on immigration in the coming weeks.Read more
The US House of Representatives passed a stop-gap funding measure late Thursday to avert a government shutdown, sending the bill to the Senate where its fate remains unclear.
With the federal government set to run out of money Friday at midnight -- the eve of the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration -- Senate Democrats appeared poised to block theRead more
Senate Democrats claimed a small victory early Thursday, forcing the US upper house to consider legislation to help keep guns out of the hands of terrorism suspects.
The move, which could break a years-long logjam on gun control, follows demands for action after the weekend massacre of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida.
Democrats took to the floorRead more