The federal government could shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, but few Californians are likely to notice any impact, at least at first. Social Security benefits will still be paid. Federal security ...

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a ...

U.S. service members could miss their paychecks over the holidays if the U.S. government shuts down this weekend, according ...

Around 35,000 civil servants in Spain demonstrate against planned privatisation of government health insurance scheme; workers and retirees continue to rally across Iran to protest unpaid wages, power ...

Large swaths of the U.S. government could temporarily close at midnight on Friday if Congress does not approve a stopgap ...

Some prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump - including three officials in his first administration - are ...