The party is torn between pushing back against President Trump and triggering a shutdown with unknown consequences.

Democrats in the Senate have different views on how they will vote on a Trump-backed bill to avert a government shutdown.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said that there is not enough Democratic support in the Senate to advance ...

Senate Democrats face a choice in choosing to support the spending bill before Friday's midnight deadline. Arizona's senators ...

Democrats are livid at the Trump administration's slash-and-burn changes to the federal government, and they're under intense pressure from their constituents to fight back. But they also fear the ...

Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is encountering obstacles in the Senate. The Senate Republican majority needs to ...

When a shutdown happens, the government isn’t able to spend money — with some exceptions — meaning that federal employees ...

In the latest salvo in Donald Trump’s trade war against U.S. allies, the president threatened a 200 percent tariff on ...

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman torched Senate Democrats for threatening to plunge the country into a partial government shutdown Thursday morning. Fetterman blasted Democrats’ opposition ...

The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one.

Several Senate Democrats have said they will not vote in favor of the current spending bill, raising the chances of a possible government shutdown.