US lawmakers raced Monday to avert a weekend government shutdown with a funding deal loudly backed by President Donald Trump ...

The path to averting a government shutdown at the end of the week remains murky in the Republican-controlled Congress.Speaker ...

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.

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

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

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.

Current federal funding runs out March 14, almost halfway through the current fiscal year. House Republicans in recent days ...

But "Congress needs to weigh in on how we want ... as both sides are already preparing to lay the blame for a government shutdown at the others' feet. Johnson told CNN Wednesday night that the ...

House Republicans on Saturday released a stopgap spending bill that would fund the federal government through Sept. 30, ahead ...

Republicans want deep federal spending cuts and a boost in defense spending while Democrats want protections that social welfare programs won't be cut and that the Trump administration will properly ...

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