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The Senate returns to Washington today, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, with no vote scheduled on a House-backed plan to fund and reopen the government. The shutdown, now in its 34th day, will become the ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is putting a House-passed bill on Defense Department appropriations up for a procedural vote Wednesday afternoon. With 60 votes required to move forward, the bill ...

Senate Republicans are in a deadlock with Democrats after pressure tactics to end the 38-day government shutdown failed to break the impasse. The chamber is meeting for a rare Saturday session as ...

The U.S. carried out operations Wednesday to seize two Venezuela-linked tankers, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the ...

A Senate vote today, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, will take place at 11:30 a.m. ET as we hit Day 28 of the federal government shutdown. As the second-longest funding lapse in history drags on, the Trump ...

The Senate will return today, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, amid the second-longest government shutdown in history, although a Senate vote today to reopen the government is not likely as the outlook looks ...

A Senate vote today, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, to reopen the government won't happen with the Senate not in session today, and not set to return until Monday, Nov. 3, when the government shutdown 2025 ...

The Senate will return today, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, but a Senate vote today on a House-backed bill to fund and reopen the government is not currently scheduled as the shutdown enters a fifth week.