The nation faces the prospect of a federal government shutdown if Congress doesn’t approve a proposal to keep the government funded by Friday at midnight.As of Friday afternoon, the House had ...

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A federal government shutdown was looming Friday as congressional Republicans sought to come up with a new stopgap spending plan after a proposal backed by President-elect Trump failed badly.

The federal government will start to shut down early Saturday morning unless Congress passes a bill to fund it beyond a Friday night deadline. If a shutdown happens, most federal offices will ...

Republican lawmakers in Congress were unable on Thursday to put together a funding deal that could pass and now legislators in Washington, D.C., are racing to avoid looming a government shutdown.

In the event of *** lapse in funding and *** shutdown of the government, the Department of Defense will continue to carry out our fundamental responsibility and mission to defend our nation and ...

As Americans ramp up for a week of hectic holiday travel, a government shutdown continues to loom after a bipartisan agreement reached by Congress failed to pass following conservative fallout.

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home — or ...