A new 31-page bill to end the government shutdown was released Sunday evening and then quickly advanced by the Senate in the most direct sign yet that the record-setting stoppage could soon come to an ...

The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed ...

One of the top concerns in the shutdown fight has been Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, which have seen a ...

The US Senate on Sunday moved forward on a measure aimed at reopening the federal government and ending a now 40-day shutdown ...

Ranchers can earn an average $50 a year from raising cattle on a hectare of land in the Brazilian Amazon, according to ...

The agreement opened the way for a Senate vote in which eight Democratic defectors voted to break the filibuster and to clear the first hurdle to reopening the government after nearly six weeks. Their ...

The deal paves the way for the government to reopen but the agreement still needs to be voted on in the House.

The Senate took an initial step Sunday night toward ending the 40-day government shutdown, advancing a procedural vote backed ...

A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent has helped clinch an agreement to end the government shutdown, ...