The Corporation for Public Broadcasting just had its funding cut after nearly six decades of producing renowned educational ...

The CPB is a private, non-profit entity created by US Congress in the '60s, and acts at the conduit for federal funds to NPR ...

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is sounding the alarm about the damage a government shutdown could do to the U.S. economy. "It's really reckless and will impose immediate harm," Yellen told NPR.

Lawmakers have another self-imposed shutdown deadline on Friday, which is likely to result in one of two things - a shutdown or another continuation of the spending plans authorized a very long ...

Getting ahead of the shutdown was better politically for those vulnerable members. Remember, he only has a four-seat majority in the House, and he wants to keep it in the next election.

But in these shutdown standoffs, it can still be a lifetime. I think a lot of times leadership likes to prove they exhausted every option before the most realistic one has to pass.

The National Zoo is holding a series of panda-themed events to commemorate the departure of its only three pandas. But the looming government shutdown is threatening to spoil the party.

Federal funding runs out in 10 days and Congress has made virtually no progress on a plan to avoid a shutdown. The federal government is set to run out of funds in just 10 days. That means there ...