The federal shutdown was set to stretch through the weekend after Republicans and Democrats failed to attract enough bipartisan support for their proposals. The New York Times The Senate adjourned for ...

The federal government officially entered a shutdown at midnight Wednesday after congressional leaders were unable to reach a deal on a stopgap spending bill, leaving lawmakers grasping at straws over ...

The shutdown began at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 1, after Congress failed to agree on a plan to fund the government Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Grijalva, who was elected to succeed her late father in the House following an Arizona special election last week, has yet to be sworn into her seat due to the government shutdown. With the House of ...

Parts of the federal government have shut down after lawmakers failed to pass funding legislation before the Oct. 1 deadline. There have been 21 federal shutdowns in the United States over the last ...

The U.S. government has shut down after Congress failed to pass funding for the new fiscal year. Essential services like Social Security, Medicare, and mail delivery will continue, but non-essential ...

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Democrats ...

Top Democrats pushed for restoring billions of dollars healthcare spending in a meeting with President Trump and top Republicans. Photo: Evan Vucci/Associated Press WASHINGTON—The federal government ...

A source tells us that Donald and Melania Trump’s son, Barron, recently had a date at Trump Tower. While bringing a crush to a building with your name on it seems like the ultimate flex, we hear the ...

The federal government is set to shut down Tuesday tonight as lawmakers have not agreed on a spending bill. Republicans control both chambers of Congress but can't pass a deal alone and at least one ...

The clock is ticking to fund government, and so far, lawmakers do not have a path forward to avert a partial shutdown. The Senate returned to Washington, D.C., on Monday, and congressional leaders are ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will completely "cease operations"and suspend data collection in the event of a U.S. federal government shutdown, the Department of Labor said on Monday in its ...