A shutdown’s effects vary by agency. The Defense Department’s plan, for example, says active military members will remain on duty, but civilian employees will be furloughed. Some civilian employees, ...

Washington — Congress' path forward on government funding is in limbo after House Republicans, with the support of Elon Musk ...

As a government shutdown looms, here's what to know about which federal agencies and services could be impacted.

Plans to avert a partial government shutdown starting this weekend appeared scuttled after President-elect Donald Trump ...

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Large swaths of the U.S. government could temporarily close at midnight on Friday if Congress does not approve a stopgap ...

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Dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government ...

A Jacobs spokesperson pointed to several data points, including a Congressional Budget Office estimate that the five-week partial government shutdown in 2018-19 reduced economic output by $11 billion ...

U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers would be told not to work if Congress fails to extend funding past Friday. Workers deemed essential would ...

Lawmakers unveiled a stop-gap spending bill on Tuesday night to prevent a shutdown that funds the government through March 14 ...