The wrangling over an extension of government dominates the agenda for both the House and the Senate this week.

Speaker Mike Johnson is eyeing a Tuesday vote in the House for a stopgap funding bill, but the path to passage in both ...

Lawmakers are returning to Washington on Monday and seeking to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week. President ...

Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.

Congress faces a Friday deadline to approve a new government spending bill to avert a shutdown at midnight—with preliminary ...

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

Government shutdowns occur when the federal government stops all or some of its operations because of a funding gap.

The government is on the verge of a shutdown. Here's what Tennesseans need to know about programs, activities impacted by it.

The president tends to prefer barking orders, rather than publicly imploring GOP lawmakers to follow his lead. To prevent a ...

Congressional Democrats may just surrender rather than risk catching blame for shutting down a government that Republicans ...

A strained air-travel system, shuttered national parks and a halt to hazardous-waste site inspections could be on the horizon ...

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