President-elect Donald Trump has demanded that a provision raising or suspending the nation’s debt limit — something that his ...

The bill was rejected in a 174-235 vote Thursday night. Congress has until Friday at midnight to avoid a Christmastime ...

Based on past government estimates, some 3.5 million federal workers could go without paychecks this holiday season until an ...

With a funding deadline approaching, workers are bracing for the possibility of a disruptive holiday season, which could ...

Republican congressional leaders on Thursday were scrambling to come up with a plan to avoid a government shutdown looming ...

The Pentagon is warning that Republicans’ decision to abandon a congressional spending plan will cost troops their paychecks ...

A shutdown furloughing hundreds of thousands of federal workers would restrict a wide range of government operations, ...

With the deadline to fund the government looming, dozens of House Republicans voted against a Trump-backed plan.

Trump insisted that any stopgap deal include raising or eliminating the debt ceiling.

Republicans failed to pass a revised spending bill that would have averted a US government shutdown after Donald Trump helped ...

The House of Representatives failed to pass a stripped-down spending bill, pushing the government closer to a partial ...

With a looming Friday deadline, lawmakers are working last minute to dodge a shutdown and keep government operations running ...