By a matter of minutes, the federal government averted yet another shutdown. Fingers are again being pointed to determine ...

Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown, needlessly injecting chaos and dysfunction into what should be an easy time ...

Democrats and some conservatives opposed the new funding bill, which was crafted after President-elect Donald Trump blew up an earlier bipartisan agreement.

This week’s events were a preview of the perils of governing that face Trump and Republicans in Congress, despite their ...

Johnson tried to placate Trump by bringing up a slimmed-down, 116-page version of the bill on Thursday. It included disaster ...

Lawmakers came together to fund the government on Friday, keeping the lights on in Washington until early next year and ...

The nation faces the prospect of a federal government shutdown if Congress ... of possible longer waits at airports if there is an "extended shutdown." “At the Transportation Security ...

The House approved legislation tonight to avert a government shutdown roughly six hours before it was set to begin. A ...

With hours to go before a midnight government shutdown ... the government but provided no details on its contours. “We have a unified Republican Conference. There is a unanimous agreement ...

A federal government shutdown was looming Friday as congressional ... referring to the date when he returns to the White House. There have been no substantive negotiations between Republicans ...

A government shutdown would snarl everything from security clearances to laminating the ID badges of incoming Trump administration staffers. "There never ... before a winner is even known.