Al Jazeera on MSN

US Senate shutdown vote: What happened, who voted to end it, what’s next?

The United States Senate has taken its first step towards ending the longest government shutdown in the country’s history as lawmakers agreed to move forward with a stopgap funding package. The ...

Thoroughbred trainer Dale Romans enters the Kentucky Senate race

Longtime thoroughbred trainer Dale Romans has entered the Kentucky campaign to succeed retiring Republican Mitch McConnell in ...

Senate advances resolution to end government shutdown

The U.S. Senate on Sunday night voted to advance a proposal that, if passed by Congress, would fund the federal government ...

VERIFY | What's in the U.S. Senate's deal to end the federal government shutdown?

The deal is now being debated by House lawmakers, where a final vote could be expected as early as Wednesday evening. So what's in the deal now? Let's VERIFY.

Democrats’ Latest Long-Shot Senate Recruit: A Kentucky Horse Trainer

Dale Romans, pitching himself as an independent-minded Democrat in the mold of Joe Manchin, will try to win a seat for the ...

Constitutional checks on interim US attorneys are central to Comey and James' challenge: Analysis

ABC News legal contributor James Sample examines how the laws governing interim U.S. attorneys effect James Comey and Letitia ...

Indiana Senate won't meet to redistrict, stopping Trump's Indiana push. Here's why

Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray announced the chamber won't reconvene in December, due to a lack of support for ...

House Republicans balk at Senate provision letting lawmakers sue over ‘Arctic Frost’ phone records

House Republicans blast a last-minute provision in the Senate-passed government funding bill allowing senators to sue over ...
Amazon S3 on MSN

US Breaking: Senate Majority Leader John Thune Declares Victory After Longest U.S Shutdown Ends

After a record-breaking 41-day federal government shutdown, the United States Senate cleared a long-sought funding bill with ...