With a government shutdown deadline just hours away, Republican congressional leaders on Friday scrambled to come up with a ...

"Tonight the Senate delivers good news for America: there will be no government shutdown right before Christmas," Schumer ...

Johnson tried to placate Trump by bringing up a slimmed-down, 116-page version of the bill on Thursday. It included disaster ...

It is past midnight, but the government will not shut down while the Senate finishes up its votes ... will imminently pass ...

Based on past government estimates, some 3.5 million federal workers could go without paychecks this holiday season until an ...

The vote capped a frantic week that saw Donald Trump and Elon Musk defeat an initial bipartisan deal, throwing Congress into ...

President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill to fund the government through March 14. It does not address the debt ...

If Congress fails to pass the continuing resolution to fund the government by the end of the day Friday, millions of federal ...

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A government shutdown kicks in when Congress can’t pass new funding for federal agencies. During a shutdown, the federal ...

President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a funding bill to avert a looming government shutdown, following a last-minute effort ...