Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.

During a government shutdown, all government workers deemed nonessential are furloughed until a deal is reached to reopen the government. Essential workers are expected to keep working without pay ...

Government shutdowns occur when the federal government stops all or some of its operations because of a funding gap.

The threat of a government shutdown is looming over Washington yet again. Here's what to know ahead of potential votes.

Speaker Mike Johnson is eyeing a Tuesday vote in the House for a stopgap funding bill, but the path to passage in both ...

In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job. The ...

Funding for the federal government runs out at the end of Friday, and the race is on for Congress to avoid a shutdown.

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

Facing weeks of negative headlines and growing pressure from within the Trump administration, the U.S. DOGE Service is racing ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial ...

Ready, willing, and maple: Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, said his country would continue its retaliatory tariffs ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the ...