Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding ...

Regarding the March 12 news article “ Democrats divided on whether to shut down government or vote with GOP ”: ...

District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair ...

So while we watch the process play out in Washington, D.C. – at the time of writing, a spending bill was heading to the U.S.

The federal government could be in for a shutdown in less than two days after Senate Democrats offered up a plan to play hardball and oppose a House bill that would keep the government open until ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

European stocks and U.S. futures slipped on Thursday as investors turned their attention back to an escalating global trade ...

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...

Between the threat of a government shutdown, massive federal layoffs and the potential sale of federal real estate, credit ...

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.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans don't have the votes to pass a measure to keep the government funded through September.

House Republicans advanced a stopgap bill Tuesday to fund the government until October, putting moderate Senate Democrats in ...