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 deadline.

In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job. The good news is that furloughed employees who are not allowed to work or who do ...

Washington — Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington. Lawmakers have until the end of the ...

The possibility of a government shutdown means many federally funded national parks, monuments and attractions might be closed until the government reopens.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand made the tough decision to break with Democrats and pass ...

to avert another government shutdown that could begin at the end of the week. Newsweek reached out to House Speaker Mike Johnson for comment via email. A shutdown could impact millions of Americans.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) on the House bill to fund the government and avert a shutdown, and his frustrations towards the Trump administration. House Republicans ...

Are We Headed for a Government Shutdown? The federal government is hurtling toward another shutdown this week unless Congress can agree to a stopgap bill to fund it. Current funding runs out on ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his caucus huddled behind closed doors for days, grappling with what many ...