Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) announced on the Senate floor Thursday that he plans to vote to advance a House-passed six-month government funding bill, despite the strong ...

The Senate will take a key procedural vote on Friday afternoon to potentially tee up final passage of a crucial stopgap government spending bill to avoid a shutdown as time runs out. After tense ...

Senators voted to advance the House-passed stopgap spending bill on Friday as the deadline for a government shutdown inches closer. By a margin of 62-38, senators voted to advance the measure.

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday advanced the first-ever digital assets bill from the panel along with a measure aimed at preventing financial institutions from using reputational risk as ...

Jordan Hudson, the 24-year-old girlfriend of NFL icon Bill Belichick, let slip an affectionate nickname for the legendary coach. On Thursday, March 13, Hudson posted on Instagram Stories about a ...

There's still time to cast an early vote before the consolidated election, Tuesday, April 1, in Lee County. The Old Lee County Courthouse, 112 E. Second St. in Dixon, is open for voting in the ...

High winds are expected to hit the area by the early Friday afternoon with accompanying thunderstorms in the evening.

The worst of the predicted weather failed to materialize overnight Friday, though a heavy thunderstorm with wind gusts up to ...

If you have a $2 bill burning a hole in your pocket, think twice before spending it at some store. The bill itself might be worth a lot more than two dollars — enough to build some serious wealth.

Neoga Police Chief Andy Schabbing said the storm also tore the roof off a house in a neighborhood just to the south of the ...