Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

Senate Democrats decided not to block a GOP-led funding bill, which many have said fails to do enough to rein in Elon Musk's DOGE.

There are actually two government shutdowns now pending. The potential temporary shutdown controled by Congress. And the permanent shutdown now being orchestrated by President Trump, unelected Elon ...

The Senate voted to avoid a government shutdown less than nine hours before the deadline, leaving Democrats divided and pointing fingers. The Latest As Congress races against the clock to come up ...

Or do they take the deal on offer because they fear being blamed for a government shutdown and hope that ... And as the leering cartoon-villain face of the Trump administration, he is also a ...

To Democrats, it is a crisis. As the deadline for government funding nears, Democrats in Congress are threatening to shut down the government. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, a member of Senate ...

Explainer-Why Would the US Government Shut Down? By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON -Large swaths of the U.S. government would be forced to stop operating at midnight on March 14 if Congress does not ...

Facing intense pressure over the threat of a shutdown in less than two days, lawmakers are racing to push through a government funding plan by Friday’s midnight deadline. Lawmakers last passed a ...