The centrist House Democrats who House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) may need to avert a government shutdown are lining up ...

Congress has until 11:59 p.m. on Friday to pass legislation to keep the government funded. Otherwise, a majority of federal employees will go without pay or be forced to stop working and most ...

Centrist Democrats are keeping them guessing. Heading into Tuesday’s vote to fund the federal government, almost a dozen House Democrats in Trump-won districts have yet to reveal if they’ll join ...

Congressional Democrats may just surrender rather than risk catching blame for shutting down a government that Republicans ...

Congressional Republicans and President Trump are set to tee up a stopgap spending vote on Tuesday that would avert ...

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Republicans unveiled the new continuing resolution bill this weekend in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown Friday.

Analysis: House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer both face major tests, Eric Garcia reports ...

Congress faces a Friday deadline to approve a new government spending bill to avert a shutdown at midnight—with preliminary ...

The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30. But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it’s unclear ...

Donald Trump has warned that the US government could face a shutdown in a matter of days if one temporary bill doesn't get ...

A measure to prevent a partial government shutdown starting Friday would extend teleheatlh, hospital-at-home and community ...