The threat of a U.S. government shutdown surged on Friday, as the U.S. Senate rejected a short-term funding bill to keep ...

With both parties rejecting each other’s short-term funding proposals, Congress is heading into a weeklong recess with no ...

As the government risks running out of money next week, Senate Democrats are under pressure to deliver votes to avoid a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new ...

A Republican measure to keep the government funded past Oct. 1 stalled in the Senate after clearing the House on Friday.

Worries around a government shutdown are on the rise after the Senate on Friday rejected a stopgap funding bill, with traders ...

On the same day, Republicans in the Senate also defeated Democrats' version of a government funding extension. Their legislation, which GOP leaders denounced as partisan, would have reversed Medicaid ...

Dana presses Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on whether he will allow Democrats to shut the government down when funding ...

Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday corralled his oft-fractured House conference to pass a Republican plan to fund the government ...

If past is prologue, stocks have actually risen in most cases as Washington has deadlocked over spending, taxes or ...

The Senate must pass a Republican-proposed short-term spending bill by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown, amid ongoing disputes between Democratic and Republican leaders.

Senate Democrats on Friday blocked a House-passed bill to fund federal departments and agencies for seven weeks, putting Washington on the path to an Oct. 1 government shutdown. Democrats came ...