For the second time in less than four months, a government shutdown is looming with a matter of hours until a Friday night deadline.

Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

The Senate passed a bill to keep the federal government funded through September Friday evening, avoiding a partial shutdown that would have begun at midnight. Ten Democrats joined with all but one of ...

The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

A Trump-backed bill to avert a government shutdown will provide hundreds of millions of dollars to help ICE arrest and detain ...

The measure’s fate is uncertain in the Senate, where several Democrats will be needed to cross the 60-vote threshold for it ...

Lawmakers voted 217-213 for the short-term fiscal year 2025 spending bill, known as a “continuing resolution” or CR, to avert a partial government shutdown at 11:59 p.m. ET Friday. Libertarian ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday unveiled a short-term funding bill that would keep federal agencies funded through September and fend off the looming government shutdown. The 99-page ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson formally unveiled plans on Saturday for a government funding stopgap through September 30 — a measure intended to stave off a potential March 14 shutdown and buy time for ...

The Senate passed the bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it ...

The measure now heads to the Senate where it’s uncertain if Democrats will provide the votes needed to avoid a lapse in ...