Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

For the second time in less than four months, a government shutdown is looming with a matter of hours until a Friday night deadline.

In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job. The good news is that furloughed employees who are not allowed to work or who do ...

The possibility of a government shutdown means many federally funded national parks, monuments and attractions might be closed until the government reopens.

Senate Democrats remained tight-lipped on Thursday after huddling behind closed doors on the fast-approaching government funding deadline, as the prospects of a shutdown by the end of the day Friday ...

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside Republicans to advance a House GOP spending bill that would keep the government open for another six months, beyond the midnight shutdown deadline.

Washington — 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. Lawmakers have until the end of the ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand made the tough decision to break with Democrats and pass ...

Are We Headed for a Government Shutdown? The federal government is hurtling toward another shutdown this week unless Congress can agree to a stopgap bill to fund it. Current funding runs out on ...

Andrew Stanton is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in Maine. His role is reporting on U.S. politics and social issues. Andrew joined Newsweek in 2021 from The Boston Globe. He is a graduate of ...