Senate lawmakers passed the bill minutes after the Saturday midnight deadline passed. Earlier on Friday, House lawmakers voted 366 to 34 for the bill, with one Democratic lawmaker voting present.

Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US Congress has averted a government shutdown following days of chaos on Capitol Hill, after the Senate passed a stop ...

Residents in parts of Queensland have been urged to “prepare now” as the state is battered by rain and flash flooding, in what could be its wettest December in 14 years. Parts of east and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Department of Defense logo is seen on the wall in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon on Tuesday ...

U.S. senators on Wednesday broke an eight-month voting trend, as all 100 showed up to vote on pushing forward a bill that would remove restrictions on Social Security for government workers.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., “with a heart full of gratitude,” said goodbye on Wednesday to the Senate after 18 years representing Pennsylvania. But as Casey said farewell Wednesday in a speech to his ...

The Senate is plowing forward with consideration of the Social Security Fairness Act, clearing its first procedural hurdle on what supporters hope is a path to passage later this week. The Senate ...

Government retirees like teachers, police and their spouses are one step closer to securing their full Social Security benefits after the U.S. Senate agreed Wednesday to hold a floor vote on the ...

WASHINGTON—The Senate advanced a bill extending billions of dollars in Social Security benefits to some public-sector workers whose payments are currently limited, a near-final step in a drawn ...

The Senate voted to pass the $895 billion annual defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for U.S. servicemembers and a provision that restricts transgender care. The bill passed 85 to 14 ...

The Senate voted on Wednesday to pass a critical defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a ban against gender-affirming care for transgender children of ...

The Senate passed on Wednesday the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense bill that authorizes Defense Department policies and funding levels. Approval of the sweeping, must-pass ...