The deal struck between Senate Republicans and Democrats to reopen the government allows for federal paychecks and other funding components to resume with senators also set to hold a vote on health care tax credits.

On Monday, the Senate voted 60-40 to pass a bill to fund military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture and the legislative branch through Sept. 30 of next year — and the rest of government through Jan. 30.

The bill pa...

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Jon Stewart is shredding Democrats who voted to end the government shutdown, calling the move a "world-class collapse."

"They f‑‑‑ing caved on the shutdown," Stewart said Monday while hosting Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."

"Tonight's show will be brought to you by 'I can't f‑‑‑ing believe it,'" he cracked.

"Not even a full week removed from the best election night results they've had in years, seven Democratic senators and an independent voted with t...

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Democratic strategist David Axelrod predicted on Monday that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will not retain his leadership post after next year’s midterm elections.

“I think he's been in trouble. I think he is in bigger trouble now,” Axelrod told CNN’s Anderson Cooper, when asked if Schumer is “in trouble here with the left flank of the party.”

“Senator Schumer has been there since 1982,” he continued. “My guess is that he won't be leader of the par...

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has become the target of progressive anger after moderate Democrats struck a deal to reopen the government, raising questions about his future atop the conference even as he distances himself from the agreement.

Progressives, both those in the House and those running to join Schumer in the upper chamber, did not hesitate to lay blame at the feet of the New York senator, arguing that his ineffectual leadership led eight Democrats...

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The Senate voted Monday evening to end the 41-day government shutdown, setting the stage for the House to reconvene later this week to pick up the legislation and send it to President Trump’s desk.

The Senate voted 60-40 to pass a bill to fund military construction, veterans’ affairs, the Department of Agriculture and the legislative branch through Sept. 30, 2026, and the rest of government through Jan. 30.

Eight members of the Democratic caucus voted for the deal...

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President Trump criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y. ) handling of the government shutdown in an interview on Monday, saying Republicans bested him in the process. 

"I think he made a mistake in going too far,” Trump told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle. “He thought he could break the Republicans and the Republicans broke him."

“I’ve never seen a politician change so much,” the president said. “He was a pretty talented guy. H...

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Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.), who nearly a decade ago served as Hillary Clinton’s running mate when she lost the presidency to Donald Trump, was the eighth Democratic senator to back a centrist deal the Senate is set to approve Monday that is likely to soon end the longest shutdown in American history.

Kaine’s top priority was to protect thousands of federal workers the Trump administration was attempting to fire during the government closure.

To win over Kaine, Senate Ma...

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Thanksgiving dinner in the Shaheen household might be a little awkward.

Stefany Shaheen, a Democratic candidate for Congress from New Hampshire, said she “cannot support” a deal to end the government shutdown on which the Senate is voting Monday evening. Complicating things is the fact that her mother, Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), supports the proposal. 

The younger Shaheen, in a Monday post on the social platform X, said she would only support a de...

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