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 ...

Follow the latest news about the Trump administration. Shutdown threat: The federal government edged closer to a shutdown after Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader ...

Or the other is to vote for a potentially even worse shutdown," said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, following the House vote. "So it's a very tough choice," Democrats met for two hours Tuesday with no ...

It will need Democratic votes to pass the Senate with a Saturday morning shutdown deadline looming. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, spoke to a group of business leaders Tuesday amid his ...

The House on Tuesday approved a bill aiming to avert a shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline at midnight—after President Donald Trump lobbied Republicans to pass the resolution and promised to ...

Sources also tell WIRED that Musk has wanted a government shutdown—an aim that runs contrary to the White House’s stated desire to avoid one—in part because it would potentially make it ...

MSNBC analyst and former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said Monday that if there is a government shutdown, Democrats could be the party at fault. "Here's the other problem that Democrats have ...

But that might have been the opening match for the main event this week: Preventing a government shutdown. It will prove the mettle of whether Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson can hold ...

The House of Representatives has ordered total shutdown of porn websites nationwide. It directed the Nigerian Communications Commission to enforce the immediate shutdown of the websites in the ...

If Congress doesn’t pass a bill to fund ongoing government programs by the end of Friday, there could be a shutdown. Congress is supposed to pass yearlong spending bills before a fiscal year ...

The House passed a measure Tuesday to avert a government shutdown set to begin Saturday by extending federal funding levels through September. The continuing resolution, backed by Speaker Mike ...

A police probe into a “non-suspicious death” resulted in officers closing down a street in London’s downtown core during the morning rush hour on Tuesday. It was about 8:40 a.m. when London ...