The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...

U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta for the Central Coast speaks out against a government shutdown which could impact over ...

However, Congress has passed legislation to pay service members during specific government shutdowns in the past.

The U.S. Department of Health, for example, has in place a contingency plan for agency operations during a government ...

Some government services American rely upon will be unaffected by a shutdown while others would become more difficult to ...

With a government shutdown pending, travelers may be feeling a little nervous for their holiday plans. Will Amtrak trains be ...

As many Americans begin their holiday festivities, service members are facing uncertainties as a potential government ...

Large swaths of the U.S. government could temporarily close at midnight on Friday if Congress does not approve a stopgap ...

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a ...

Barring a pre-Christmas legislative miracle, the US government will plunge into a partial shutdown at midnight Friday after ...