In past government shutdowns, workers have been put on temporary furloughs until funding resumes. This time, the Trump White ...

With a government shutdown deadline just six days away, Republican and Democratic congressional leaders are doing plenty of ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana returned home to Shreveport-Bossier where he discussed a potential government ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday he is open to discussing enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies – a priority of Democrats’ – but insisted that those negotiations cannot be tied to a ...

President Donald Trump has abruptly canceled this week’s planned meeting with congressional Democratic leaders, refusing to ...

GOP and Democratic leaders are still at an impasse on a government funding extension with the Sept. 30 deadline approaching, risking partial shutdown of the federal government.

Republican lawmakers took the government to the brink of closing in 2013 as they attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump’s latest attack on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel.

In an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Schumer said he was hopeful the Senate could achieve a stopgap bill by next week but handed responsibility for a potential shutdown to Trump and GOP lawmakers ...

President Trump canceled a planned meeting with Democratic leaders, heightening the risk of a government shutdown next week.

As a September 30th funding deadline approaches, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley believes a deal will be reached to prevent a ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that President Donald Trump would bear the blame for a government shutdown after he backed out of a meeting with Democratic leaders that had been set ...