The Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives plan to vote on Tuesday on a six-month stopgap funding bill to ...

During a government shutdown, all government workers deemed nonessential are furloughed until a deal is reached to reopen the government. Essential workers are expected to keep working without pay ...

The Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives plan to vote on Tuesday on a six-month stopgap funding bill to ...

It is getting to be a regular occurrence. The U.S. Treasury runs out of money and warns Congress that they need more.

Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.

The District of Columbia could face a $1 billion budget shortfall after House Republicans introduced a continuing resolution ...

A factor behind the reportedly tense confrontation at a Cabinet meeting Thursday was the decimation of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The GOP-controlled Congress is angling to pass another stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown Friday, but without support ...

Congress faces a Friday deadline to approve a new government spending bill to avert a shutdown at midnight—with preliminary ...

The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30. But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it’s unclear ...

Are you hearing it, too? On Facebook: the funding for my disabled friend’s home health aide has just been cut in half. At the ...

House Democrats are seizing on concerns over Medicaid and Medicare as a way to oppose Republicans' plan to fund the government.