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

The bill narrowly passed the House earlier this week, with Rep. Thomas Massie being the only House Republican to oppose it.

A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday ...

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 ...

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

The passage of the funding bill came hours before a shutdown, with Democrats under fierce pressure to oppose the measure.

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

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

The Senate is nearing a key test vote as lawmakers work to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.