Here’s what you need to know about the possible effects of a government shutdown. The federal government can only spend money that has been appropriated by Congress — that is, spelled out in a ...

Update, 12:45 a.m. Saturday: The U.S. government avoided a prolonged government shutdown after the House and Senate approved a short-term funding bill, sending it to President Biden's desk for his ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok, ...

Over the last five decades, there have been 21 federal shutdowns: 1976: Under President Gerald Ford. Lasted for 11 days. 1977: Under President Jimmy Carter. Lasted 12 days. 1981: Under President ...

If lawmakers can’t agree on a plan quickly, a shutdown furloughing hundreds of thousands of federal workers would restrict a range of government operations, although critical services would ...

The Supreme Court rejected TikTok's appeal to halt a law banning the app in the U.S. unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells ...

TikTok plans to shut U.S. operationsof its social media app on Sunday when a federal ban is set to take effect, barring a ...

U.S. and Mexican forces worked together to shut down a cross-border tunnel used by smugglers to bring illicit cargo into the ...

TikTok reportedly will shut down the app in the U.S. unless the Supreme Court halts a law banning the app unless ByteDance ...

A federal shutdown is looking likely in the wake of a Republican revolt against a proposed spending bill, as a weekend deadline looms. If Congress can agree on a new spending measure before the ...

Here’s what you need to know about the possible effects of a government shutdown. The federal government can only spend money that has been appropriated by Congress - that is, spelled out in a ...