Disagreement over funding for public health services threatens to turn off the tap of public money for the first time since ...

Every state has federal workers but numbers vary widely. See the breakdown and how many in your state may clam jobless benefits if government closes.

The Senate returns to Washington on Monday with less than two days to fund the government amid a stalemate between Democrats ...

Those dynamics could change Monday, when the president has agreed to host Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House ...

A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Monday afternoon showing no sign of compromising from ...

A partisan standoff over heath care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven ...

Democrats wanted a White House meeting to avoid a federal government shutdown. They got one. But nothing changed.

Political dysfunction in Washington is threatening to plunge the United States into another government shutdown – with ...

A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to pass a short-term or year-long budget, causing the government to legally ...

A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Monday afternoon showing no sign of compromising from ...

Trump had previously raised the possibility of a shutdown if Republicans and Democrats in Congress did not reach a consensus by October 1 on a bill that would provide continued funding. On September ...