Democrats do not want to repeat the mistakes of last week, when they split over the GOP's stopgap measure to avoid a federal ...

In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job. The good news is that furloughed employees who are not allowed to work or who do ...

Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to ...

The Senate passed a bill Friday that will fund the government through September and avert a shutdown. Some Democratic ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown and keep federal ...

The U.S. Senate will vote on a funding bill to avert a government shutdown. If a shutdown occurs, federal services will be reduced and many federal employees will be furloughed. The last ...

A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to approve ... The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the last funding lapse caused a permanent loss of about $3 billion.

Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline at midnight.

Senate Democrats decided not to block a GOP-led funding bill, which many have said fails to do enough to rein in Elon Musk's DOGE.

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to avert a pending government shutdown at the end of the day Friday.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed into law a six-month funding bill, averting a government shutdown. In a post on X, White House Spokesperson Harrison Fields said Trump signed the ...