Composer John Kander (``Chicago'') is 98. Novelist Joy Fielding is 80. Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Guy Lapointe is 77. Actor Brad Dourif (``Lord of the Rings,'' ''Chucky`` movies) is 75.

Jazz musician Bill Frisell is 74 ... Rock musician Stuart Zender is 51. Actress-singer-dancer Sutton Foster (``Bunheads'') is 50. NHL defenceman Zdeno Chara is 48. Singer Adam Levine of Maroon ...

Bill Zender breaks down how exposed cards, dealer habits, and strategic play can tilt the odds.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) announced on the Senate floor Thursday that he plans to vote to advance a House-passed six-month government funding bill, despite the strong ...

The Senate will take a key procedural vote on Friday afternoon to potentially tee up final passage of a crucial stopgap government spending bill to avoid a shutdown as time runs out. After tense ...

Senators voted to advance the House-passed stopgap spending bill on Friday as the deadline for a government shutdown inches closer. By a margin of 62-38, senators voted to advance the measure.

In a move that could reshape federal fiscal policy for the next decade, Republicans just passed a sweeping House budget bill that sets the stage for dramatic spending cuts—including a ...