With thousands of federal workers either fired, placed on administrative leave, or at immediate risk of losing their jobs, ...

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

Avoiding a government shutdown means no furloughed employees, delayed paychecks or suspension of government services, however ...

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

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

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D, N.Y.) spoke from the Senate floor a day after he said Democrats were prepared to ...

The House of Representatives passed a spending bill Tuesday to fund the government through the end of September and avert a ...

The Senate passed a Republican-backed bill to fund the government, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk ahead ...

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...