Washington braces for a government shutdown — as DOGE cuts continue. The White House would have broad power to decide which agencies stay open if funding lapses. Updated March 13, 2025.

Across Washington, Officials Brace for Government Shutdown With salary advances and staff reshuffles, lawmakers and federal agencies are preparing for a lapse in government funding that is ...

The sun sets on the Capitol dome on Capitol Hill on Nov. 14, 2022. Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown, but the next one could come in a matter of months.

Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to ...

FILE – A sign reading “Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN All National Parks are Closed” is posted on a barricade in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Oct. 1, 2013.

The public, though, is wary of a shutdown. A poll from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation released last month showed that an overwhelming majority of voters, 90% of voters, including 91% of ...

WASHINGTON−The country is four days away from a federal government shutdown that could impact millions of Americans, as infighting among House Republicans has so far prevented Congress from ...

File photo: A Park Police officer walks passes a sign announcing the closure of the Lincoln Memorial due to a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 2013.

Government shutdown deadlines - and even full-on shutdowns - aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to expect.

Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to ...