Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

For the second time in less than four months, a government shutdown is looming with a matter of hours until a Friday night ...

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

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

As of Wednesday night, it looked like a path was emerging whereby Senate Democrats would abandon plans to filibuster the ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending ...

The latest news on President Donald Trump’s administration as the House is expected to vote on a continuing resolution to ...

What happens to federal employees, air travel and tax filing if lawmakers don’t pass new funding legislation by the weekend ...

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

The measure’s fate is uncertain in the Senate, where several Democrats will be needed to cross the 60-vote threshold for it ...

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

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are on edge as the Senate struggles to reach a deal ahead of Friday night's looming ...