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

Congress is again scrambling to pass a spending bill to temporarily fund the government, known as a continuing resolution, to ...

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

MSNBC analyst and former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said Monday that if there is a government shutdown, Democrats could ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

President Donald Trump said a government shutdown "could happen" if the House fails to pass a funding bill. Republicans ...