The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine ...

A new NBC News poll shows Trump with a job approval rating as high as he’s ever had. But doubts loom in voters' minds, especially over the economy and government cuts.

House Republicans advanced a stopgap bill Tuesday to fund the government until October, putting moderate Senate Democrats in ...

But as much as that, he’s caused the Republican Party to be defined by one man: himself. And nothing exemplifies that like ...

Republicans, particularly those in Congress, have been overwhelmingly supportive of broad cuts across the federal government ...

Globe columnist Shirley Leung talks to political reporter Jim Puzzanghera about Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's appearance at a Congressional hearing on so-called "sanctuary cities." ...

Congress has approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through September 30 and avert a shutdown ahead of a ...

The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee advised Republicans in a closed-door meeting that there were ...

The House on Tuesday passed a funding bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up the measure for ...

House Republicans are being encouraged to avoid in-person town halls in favor of phone and livestreamed versions, advice that ...

House GOP leaders on Saturday unveiled a stopgap funding bill, known as a continuing resolution, that will fund the ...