President Donald Trump’s push for Republicans to bypass Democrats and claw back $9.4 billion in approved spending has ignited ...

Now that the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is law, Congress is turning its attention to another matter: avoiding a government ...

With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk. An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier ...

As lawmakers begin crafting the 12 annual appropriations bills to fund the federal government in fiscal year 2026, Senate ...

“OMB has ceased shutdown preparations because there is a high degree of confidence that Congress will imminently pass the relevant appropriations and the President will sign the bill on Saturday ...

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 ...

In this Jan. 2, 2019, file photo, a sign announcing Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are closed due to a partial government shutdown is displayed at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in ...

Large swaths of the U.S. government would be forced to stop operating at midnight on March 14 if Congress does not pass detailed spending legislation that would keep agencies running.

A sign is posted on the door of an IRS office in Seattle during the last government shutdown in 2019. (AP) Most functions of the Internal Revenue Service would come to a halt, and tax refunds ...

Much of state government would shut down if Hobbs doesn't sign a new budget before the start of a new fiscal year on July 1.

The US government has shut down or had funding gaps 20 times for at least one day. The most recent shutdown was 34 days, spanning the end of 2018 into the start of 2019.

The US Capitol is seen on Dec. 21, 2024, in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden signed a funding bill Saturday, the White House said, averting a Christmastime government shutdown after ...