Government shutdowns occur when the federal government stops all or some of its operations because of a funding gap.

Speaker Mike Johnson is eyeing a Tuesday vote in the House for a stopgap funding bill, but the path to passage in both ...

Congressional Democrats may just surrender rather than risk catching blame for shutting down a government that Republicans ...

Former President Donald Trump is pursuing his policy priorities on trade, the war in Ukraine and shrinking the federal ...

Asked by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday whether his economic policies – the imposition of high tariffs on imports ...

Now with the text out, the current plan puts the entire timeline – having lawmakers read the text, advancing it to the Rules ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold a vote on the continuing resolution (CR) Tuesday ahead of Friday's deadline to avoid a ...

Officials from the party of Democratic Republic of Congo's former President Joseph Kabila have been invited to appear before ...

Congressional Republicans unveiled their plan for a spending bill to avert a government shutdown as the deadline approaches ...

In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job. The ...

A strained air-travel system, shuttered national parks and a halt to hazardous-waste site inspections could be on the horizon ...