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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown in 2018 and 2019, about 800,000 federal employees went without pay for 35 days. Both retirement and disability benefits proceed without any stoppage.

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

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

"If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF." U.S. Representative for Salinas Jimmy Panetta comes out against a holiday ...