A day before a potential government shutdown, the House rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan Thursday to fund ...

On Dec. 22, 2018, the U.S. government began a record 35-day partial shutdown after the Senate was unable to agree on a ...

Shutdowns are attributed to the year in which they started; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsCongress avoided a potential government shutdown on Saturday after a last-minute scramble touched off when ...

Democrats and Republicans traded barbs and tried to evade blame, after Trump and Musk killed a bipartisan deal and threatened ...

Late into Friday night, the U.S. Senate voted 85-11 to approve a Continuing Resolution , a temporary spending bill that will ...

Veering toward a midnight government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a new plan. It would temporarily fund ...

Maryland leaders secured a major victory in the spending bill intended to avert a government shutdown, which included full ...

Congress has approved a last-minute government funding bill to avert a shutdown. It heads to President Biden's desk for his signature.

President Biden and his administration were largely absent from the onerous negotiations on government funding that gripped ...

Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a ...

Trump sparked the longest government shutdown in history in his first term at the White House, the monthlong closures over the 2018-19 Christmas holiday and New Year period. Donald Trump’s ...

This week's dysfunction over government spending and a possible government shutdown is the latest in a series of conflicts over federal dollars on Capitol Hill.