A sign indicating that the Federal Trade Commission is closed due to the government shutdown, Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Getty Images) The U.S. government remained shut down as Congress ...

The Trump administration has determined the U.S. is in a "non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels it has designated as terrorist organizations, it said in a notification to Congress viewed ...

WASHINGTON — Millions of federal workers won't get paid during a government shutdown. But the people who could prevent or end a shutdown — members of Congress — will still receive a paycheck. That’s ...

Lawmakers are pushing a flurry of bills that would change how pay and federal benefits are handled during a shutdown, including some aimed at their own House. Most of these are messaging bills, ...

When the government shut down for a few weeks in October 2013, then-President Barack Obama made sure to blame conservative Republicans for refusing to pass any short-term spending bill that included ...

WASHINGTON — The federal government has shut down after lawmakers in Congress failed to strike a deal on a funding bill, forcing agencies to furlough their "non-essential" employees. Under the ...

The federal government shut down at midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 1, after Congress failed to reach an agreement in a bitter standoff over funding the government. The shutdown means hundreds of ...

(RNS) — Bipartisan legislation to create a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools (S. 761) is moving through Congress and warrants our support. (RNS) — Growing up, I learned a certain ...

Dueling proposals to extend government funding both failed for the third time in two weeks, as neither party could muster the bipartisan coalition needed to move forward. By Catie Edmondson Reporting ...

The U.S. government officially shut down at midnight after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement on how to extend federal funding. Six more houses collapsed into the sea in the ...

The federal government shut down early Wednesday morning after Congress failed to reach a deal on spending. So what happens next and how are the two sides handling it? Mychael Schnell, Dave Weigel, ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, delivers remarks to the news media following a meeting of Congressional leadership about the government shutdown with ...