House Republicans will meet behind closed doors at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss a new plan to avert a government shutdown -- as ...

Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down on his insistence that a ...

A shutdown means furloughed federal employees would not be available to help prepare Trump's transition landing teams, and ...

A partial government shutdown in Donald J. Trump’s first term was the longest in U.S. history. In 2018, during Donald J.

Elon Musk has spent the week derailing a bipartisan funding bill, sending the U.S. government hurtling toward a shutdown. But ...

The House passed a short-term plan to keep the government’s doors open until President-elect Donald Trump takes office, but ...

House Republicans reportedly agreed to another new funding bill Friday and set a vote for Friday night — hours before a ...

With a government shutdown deadline just hours away, Republican congressional leaders are scrambling to come up with a third ...

A government shutdown will set in at midnight if Congress doesn't come up with a bipartisan deal. Keep up with the USA TODAY ...