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 ...

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

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

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

The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress aimed to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial ...

Live updates and the latest news as President Donald Trump signs executive orders and Congress works to pass a spending bill ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is signaling that the Trump administration has finished its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Party lawmakers have no good options as the GOP measure to fund the government comes up for a vote this week.

The threat of a government shutdown is looming over Washington yet again. Here's what to know ahead of potential votes.

Centrist Democrats are keeping them guessing. Heading into Tuesday’s vote to fund the federal government, almost a dozen House Democrats in Trump-won districts have yet to reveal if they’ll join ...