Government shutdowns occur when the federal government stops all or some of its operations because of a funding gap.

Live updates and the latest news as President Donald Trump signs executive orders and Congress works to pass a spending bill ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is eyeing a Tuesday vote in the House for a stopgap funding bill, but the path to passage in both ...

Former President Donald Trump is pursuing his policy priorities on trade, the war in Ukraine and shrinking the federal ...

Congressional Democrats may just surrender rather than risk catching blame for shutting down a government that Republicans ...

Now with the text out, the current plan puts the entire timeline – having lawmakers read the text, advancing it to the Rules ...

Asked by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday whether his economic policies – the imposition of high tariffs on imports ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial ...

Funding for the federal government runs out at the end of Friday, and the race is on for Congress to avoid a shutdown.

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The wrangling over an extension of government dominates the agenda for both the House and the Senate this week.

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