A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., helped Republicans defeat the ...

Shutdown breakthrough: Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, broke with his party on Thursday and said he would vote for a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding ...

BOISE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press. A sweeping Medicaid reform bill — introduced just over a week ago on Feb. 28 — advanced to the Senate floor Monday, amid an ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill introduced by Democratic Tennessee lawmakers could result in some more people facing charges if they share personal and intimate photos of another person without their ...

A measure to replace President Andrew Jackson with abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill is being taken up again in Congress. Monday's announcement is the latest push to honor Tubman on the ...

The latest measure, sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire, follows years of delays and efforts to have Harriet Tubman... A measure to replace President Andrew Jackson ...

Martina Navratilova has been outspoken about transgender athletes in women's sports for a long while, and earlier this week, she attacked a Democrat senator who voted against the bill. Nevada Sen.

The Indian government is moving to decriminalise 82 provisions across 17 Acts and 11 ministries as part of Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0, aiming to enhance 'Ease of Doing Business'. The initiative examines ...

The U.S. Senate has voted against advancing a bill that, if passed, would have prohibited school athletic programs from allowing men who identify as female to compete in women’s sports. Senate Bill 9, ...