The U.S. government is on the brink of the first federal government shutdown in almost seven years, as Senate Democrats voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government. The 55-45 vote ...

Now that the last-ditch votes have taken place (and failed) in the Senate, the hallways are clearing and lawmakers, staffers and journalists are headed home. The writing is on the wall: when Americans ...

Three members of the Senate Democratic caucus broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday and voted for a House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through Nov. 21, ...

The U.S. Senate began voting on Tuesday evening to potentially avoid a government shutdown -- but it isn't likely.

The Senate failed to pass a House bill to keep the government open ahead of a midnight deadline. Follow live updates here.

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near-certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in almost seven ...

Congress has until 11:59 p.m. ET to act to avoid a government shutdown. The two parties are nowhere near an agreement.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, depicted wearing oversized sombrero and handlebar mustache, condemned video as ‘disgusting’ ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats again voted down a stopgap funding bill on Tuesday, putting the federal government on track for a shutdown after midnight. A House-passed bill to keep the government open ...

The federal government will shut down at midnight tonight unless Congress approves a federal spending bill. Follow live news updates.

The U.S. government is on the brink of the first federal government shutdown in almost seven years. Prospects look bleak for a last-minute compromise in Congress to avoid closures beginning ...

Trump repeated a nonsensical criticism from his executive order that the U.S. once built one ship a day, and now they barely build one a year—which is obviously false. The president has also ...