The term “shutdown” is also something of a misnomer. Lapses in funding are a bad way to do business, and they can delay ...

Republicans would be wise to put their differences aside and work toward a solution, rather than hash out interparty issues ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that he will act later in the day to advance a bipartisan ...

The federal government shuts down in less than two weeks and the latest effort to keep the government’s doors open failed ...

The U.S. Senate will prepare temporary spending legislation that would avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the ...

"We cannot have a government shutdown," Mitch McConnell, said. "It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right ...

Lawmakers have until Sept. 30 to extend government funding. Internal Republican divisions are posing a problem for Speaker ...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is warning colleagues that it would be “politically beyond stupid” for ...

The House has rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's bill to temporarily fund the government. The legislation that failed Wednesday ...

The former president urged House Republicans to allow a partial government shutdown unless they secure the SAVE Act's proof ...

As Congress nears a shutdown, find out how it could impact federal workers, Social Security, national parks and more. What you need to know now.

The House of Representatives voted down a six-month stopgap government funding bill paired with a GOP-backed voter ...