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

Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Washington is headed for a government shutdown next week unless ...

Dem Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday refused to rule out caving to President Trump’s demand for a “clean” ...

And the federal government never really completely shuts down. Social Security checks will still be distributed and Medicare ...

Congress is moving head-first toward a government shutdown after the Senate voted down a pair of stopgap spending bills, including a “clean” one proposed by the GOP to keep the lights on for seven ...

As a possible federal shutdown looms, the Democratic leaders of Congress are demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump to negotiate an end to what they call “your decision” to shutter government ...

As Congress inches closer toward a government shutdown at the end of this month, party leaders are entering a messaging ...

I’d love to meet with them, but I don’t think it’s going to have any impact,” Trump told reporters outside the White House on ...

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

The Democrats are choosing a tricky path that will require discipline and focus if they are to prevail in winning the ...

U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, is optimistic that his SPEED Act will make it into law before the end of the year, ...

WASHINGTON: The threat of a US government shutdown surged on Friday, as the US Senate rejected a short-term funding bill to ...