A fringe candidate for Nevada governor debated a cardboard cutout of his incumbent opponent about the Cliven Bundy standoff with federal agents in a video posted online over the weekend.
The Senate's Democratic leadership is shielding US President Barack Obama from potentially embarrassing fallout by refusing to vote on new sanctions against Iran, the chamber's top Republican warned Wednesday.
The US Senate will vote next week on the new budget deal and Janet Yellen's nomination to lead the Federal Reserve, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday.
The US Senate debated a defense bill Tuesday that would ease restrictions on detainee transfers from Guantanamo, a major first step toward closing the controversial war-on-terror prison.
The House of Representatives approved a bipartisan Senate agreement that will end the federal government shutdown and raise the country's debt limit, NBC News reported on Wednesday night.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is expected to introduce a bill calling for an increase to the federal debt ceiling that will not include social program cuts demanded by House Republicans, ABC News reported on Monday.
