Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending bill to prevent a midnight Friday government shutdown ...

Schumer's reported support suggests that enough Senate Democrats will join Republicans to move the House-passed bill forward.

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much ...

By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune 5 hours ago All 20 GOP senators signed on to Senate Bill 16, which would apply to currently registered voters, and restrict some to only ...

TerraPower, the new nuclear power company backed by Bill Gates, is interested in expanding into Texas, an executive said at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston on Wednesday. March 12 ...