Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if lawmakers fail to pass a ...

Lawmakers failed to reach the two-thirds threshold needed for passage — but House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared determined to ...

Whatever the outcome, this stalemate reminds Democrats that it will be difficult for Republicans to legislate with a ...

An interview with Paul Waldman, co-author of the book "White Rural Rage," who explains why the government shutdown mess shows ...

Elon Musk is suddenly very eager to distance himself from a potential government shutdown after he helped tank a bipartisan ...

The government shutdown debacle shows the strength of Elon Musk's position — and the weakness of Mike Johnson's.

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Johnson’s stopgap gamble fails Vance’s behind-the-scenes influence Willis dropped from Trump’s Georgia case Blinken: ...

Musk mounted a pressure campaign on House Republicans on Wednesday to vote against the bipartisan bill that Johnson intended ...

CNN, MSNBC and members of the Democratic Party are now suggesting that Elon Musk is coalescing power and pulling the strings ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on X: "Elon Musk ordered his puppet President-elect and House Republicans to break the ...

US lawmakers were racing Friday to prevent a government shutdown due to bite within hours, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk ...