On the surface, it looks like Senate Democrats are playing “hardball” with time running out before a government shutdown. But it might not be that simple.

In Christian nationalism push, Republican Delegate Henry Dillon wants to amend the state constitution to include the Bible as ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

The band of far-right rebels supported a budget plan with a massive debt limit hike and a status-quo bill to keep the government open, two things they've long been fiercely against.

A $680 BSA increase next year — the same amount previously approved by state lawmakers on a one-time basis for the current ...

The Education Department's civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration's layoffs.

The union representing more than 900 nurses at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore has reached a tentative agreement ...

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed three nominees for diplomatic posts, including the ambassador to NATO.

The continuing resolution to fund the government through September next goes to the Senate, where it will need bipartisan support to avoid a shutdown and an interruption of government funding and ...

Republicans currently hold a 53-seat majority in the Senate. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has indicated that he won’t vote to ...