This week’s bill to keep the government funded is the first big issue where Democrats have leverage, because Republicans need ...

Rep. Jim McGovern scoffed at Republicans who insist that Democrats should help them avoid a government shutdown set for March ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is eyeing a Tuesday vote in the House for a stopgap funding bill, but the path to passage in both ...

WASHINGTON - Americans are yet again bracing for a possible government shutdown. Congress has until 11:59 p.m. on Friday to ...

Elon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending.

Republicans omitted a standard provision approving the District’s budget in a stopgap funding measure needed to avert a ...

Conservatives have long talked about cutting government, but Republicans in Congress have shied away from approving deep reductions because of fear of how voters would react.

The Republican stopgap spending proposal that would avert a government shutdown is up against the key hurdle of clearing the ...

Susan Collins (R-Maine), chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, sai government shutdowns are inherently a failure to govern effectively.

Mo., told Maria Bartiromo on “Mornings with Maria" that requiring states to repeat verification for people on Medicaid would ...

Congressional Democrats ... are not only planning on voting for a government shutdown, they are craving it,” Rep. Tom Emmer, ...

With the U.S. House and Senate under control of Republican majorities, Democratic members have limited ability to stop the Trump administration's acts.