Shaheen, who turned 78 in January, was the first woman elected to serve as both governor and senator in the United States.

The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...

CNN By Morgan Rimmer, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...