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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Democrats will be to blame if there is a government shutdown. He pivoted Thursday, ...

Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday succeeded in a high-stakes House vote to pass President Donald Trump’s plan to fund the ...