Many federal government agencies and programs that rely on annual funding would be paused if Congress fails to pass or if Trump fails to sign the budget legislation. During a government shutdown, ...

An unlikely alliance of Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress is pushing to address expiring Obamacare health tax ...

The House passed a $1.2 trillion government funding package, the first in a series of steps that need to be taken to avert a partial government shutdown before a deadline at midnight Friday. The bills ...

Democrats know they’re in a political hole, but they just can’t stop digging: They’re now getting set to shut the government.

Top House Democrats have privately coalesced around a strategy in this month’s high stakes government funding fight: A public ...

Democrat James Walkinshaw has won a special election to represent Virginia's 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of ...

The House is making a push to formally conference government funding legislation for fiscal 2026 with the Senate, breaking with recent norms as Congress stares down a Sept. 30 deadline to prevent ...

We have leverage,” lawmakers have told themselves over the years. “If we hold out, the president will fold and we’ll achieve ...

US President uses a manoeuvre last seen nearly 50 years ago to block foreign aid, with Democrats warning the move will ...

Centrist Democrats fear their party could blunder into a government shutdown this month as Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) are ...

Congress returns to Washington, D.C., this week following an uneventful August recess where little to no progress was made on government funding, even though lawmakers have just weeks ...