In a sneaky legislative maneuver tied into the effort to pass a funding bill and avert a government shutdown, House ...

Unless Congress can pass a bill to fund the federal government (which Donald Trump then signs) before midnight on Friday, the ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending ...

The odds that the federal government will shut down Saturday morning have risen in recent days as a growing number of Senate ...

When a shutdown happens, the government isn’t able to spend money — with some exceptions — meaning that federal employees ...

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

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland weighs in on the funding fight in Congress, the new playbook Democrats are ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Thursday a potential U.S. government shutdown would lead to higher taxes ...

WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats have many reasons to oppose Republicans’ full-year, $1.7 ...

The confidence is especially noteworthy given that Schumer has yet to detail his plans. Many lawmakers in both parties are ...

Donald Trump just convinced dozens of Republican hardliners to do what House speakers from John Boehner to Kevin McCarthy ...

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