The government runs out of funding as the clock strikes midnight from Tuesday, Sept. 30 to Wednesday, Oct. 1. To avoid that ...

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

Democrats say they won’t back any funding proposal unless they get something in return. Republicans have rejected their ...

Democratic leaders have accused President Donald Trump of throwing a tantrum and chickening out after he canceled a meeting ...

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 ...

The Senate action came just hours after the House sent them the short-term funding bill. The Senate voted to block that ...

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

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped a meeting with top congressional Democratic leaders to discuss government ...

The president canceled a high stakes meeting with Democratic leaders in Congress, accusing them of being unrealistic in their ...

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.

President Trump canceled a planned meeting with Democratic leaders, heightening the risk of a government shutdown next week.

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