The government shutdown has continued into its sixth day, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pointing fingers.

With the shutdown soon to enter its second week, attention returns to the Senate on Oct. 6. Voters are expected again on a pair of bills to reopen the government, though both measures are likely to ...

Here's the latest on the federal government shutdown, when the government could reopen after a Congressional vote, and what ...

Senate again rejects competing funding bills from Democrats and Republicans as the shutdown is set to hit the one-week mark.

Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet was in Saginaw, calling on her peers to reverse trillion-dollar cuts to Medicaid and to ...

By John Hood While the government shutdown in Washington and the state budget impasse in Raleigh involve different actors and effects, there is a common denominator: the extent to which debates about ...

Lawmakers provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government.

Without solutions to extend tax credits and address Medicaid cuts, over 32,000 Mid-Michigan families risk losing their health ...

The possibility of layoffs escalates an already tense situation in which lawmakers have struggled to find common ground.

As Democrats and Republicans clash over health care and spending, the shutdown leaves 750,000 federal workers in limbo ...

FactCheck.org digs into each party's claims about health insurance coverage — the issue that has spurred a shutdown over federal funding.