Black activists shut down Chicago building sites in 1969 in a push for unions to admit more Black and minority members.

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

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

The U.S. government is about a week away from another potential government shutdown. The deadlock mirrors the situation the ...

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

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

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

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

Time is running out to prevent a funding lapse on Oct. 1 as Donald Trump and JD Vance egg on a fight with Democrats. Some ...

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

Mike Johnson's spending bill faces opposition from Republicans and Democrats, risking failure and a government shutdown.

It ran from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019, during the Trump administration. At 34 days, it was the longest government ...