Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) brushed off questions surrounding his leadership and defended his decision to vote to advance the six-month GOP-crafted continuing resolution (CR) ...

The Senate is giving final approval to a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers.

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

The U.S. Senate advanced a spending bill that would fund the government through the end of September, a step to avoid a ...

The Senate voted mostly along party lines Friday afternoon to pass the House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through September, avoiding a government shutdown only hours before funding ...

Enough Senate Democrats put their disdain for President Trump aside and voted Friday to end a filibuster of a Republican ...

Veterans also protested against proposed cuts to Social Security, federal job cuts to veterans and the pardon of January 6 rioters. Jaime Van Keuren joined Mainers marching peacefully around the ...

The Trump administration’s tariffs on Canada this week and threats of annexation have strained the U.S.-Canada partnership, ...

Trump has said repeatedly he wants Canada to become the 51st state. It's a statement sometimes laughed off in the U.S., but ...

According to the bill, a school chaplain must be certified, licensed or ordained by a faith organization recognized by the ...

As a retired middle school administrator and a veteran of more than 30 years, working with adolescents, I watched the Feb. 21 interaction between our president of the United States and our governor, ...

All of Maine’s active federal judges have recused themselves from a Republican state lawmaker’s lawsuit against the Speaker ...