There are 12 appropriations bills that must pass each year and since members of Congress are sharply divided, this is ...

By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending ...

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

If the federal government shuts down this weekend, work at numerous publicly funded agencies would slow or stop altogether, ...

Federal contractors, who never expected Congress to get a full-year appropriation done last week, were pleased about the ...

Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would ...

Lawmakers should never even flirt with a shutdown. The federal government should always operate, even if it requires continuing resolutions to provide Congress time to resolve the policy and ...

After days of heated negotiations on Capitol Hill, the House passed its funding bill to prevent a government shutdown Friday ...

Instead of fearing another government shutdown Americans should be hoping and praying for one – and not just a five weeker.

After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal.

Quick Take: The federal government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, December 21 st, unless Congress passes a funding plan today, December 20 th. In the event of a government shutdown ...