During a shutdown, recreational facilities funded by the federal government would be forced to close, leaving travelers and ...

"If Americans get stuck with a shutdown that drags on, there will be a cost. But which party will pay the political price?" ...

Will Social Security checks go out? Are national parks open? Here's what to know when the federal government partially shuts down.

Trump could use a shutdown to dismantle government functions, wrote Max Stier, chief executive of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit focused on improving the federal government.

President Donald Trump looks poised to fire more federal employees if Congress cannot avert a government shutdown next week.

The Trump administration would have broad authority to make decisions about spending if the government shuts down next week — and it would also have broad authority to make those decisions if the ...

Lawmakers are navigating a familiar budget crisis, but a rarely used presidential tool is shifting the balance of power and ...

I have decided that no meeting with their congressional leaders could possibly be productive,” Trump wrote on his social ...

The Trump administration’s plans to fire thousands of federal workers in the event of a government shutdown is akin to “mafia ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a government shutdown has become a recurring event in Washington, though most of the time ...

With the U.S. Senate’s attempt at a stopgap spending measure failing on Friday, parts of the federal government will shut ...

The Democrats have named their price to avoid a government shutdown come October– an additional $350 billion for healthcare over the next decade. The Paragon Health Institute study reports that this ...