Bill Russell chats with Bill Simmons about growing up and playing for the Celtics during the Civil Rights. Also covered are Russell's battles with Wilt Chamberlain, and President Obama honoring him ...

Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to block a House-passed stopgap funding bill that would reopen the federal government until Nov. 21, but several Democrats broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck ...

This is cobbled together from speaking to multiple sources on both sides of the Capitol. The House is now aiming to vote Thursday on the “clean” interim spending bill which would fund the government ...

The House voted 217 to 212 on Friday to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government though Nov. 21. But the government appeared to inch closer to a shutdown after Democrats in the Senate ...

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives Friday passed a short-term spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1, but it fell short in the Senate where Democrats ...