The country “will get worse with or without” a shutdown, Schumer said this month. “Because Trump is lawless.” It’s an ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and a government ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed the House has received the "appropriate" paperwork attesting to Adelita Grijalva's ...

Republicans are pushing for a temporary extension of government funding to prevent a possible shutdown, but Democrats aren't ...

A funding lapse this year would have a considerably wider effect than the 35-day one that took place during Trump’s first term and could last longer, given heightened political tensions.

With a matter of days remaining in the fiscal year and no full-year funding or stopgap deal in place, the U.S. government could shut down at 12:01 a.m. ET on Oct. 1, stalling vital services, ...

Democrats are itching to flip Virginia's governor's mansion from Republican control ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

There are more than 37,000 federal employees in the state of Missouri that could be impacted, as well as certain state agencies' funding, if Congress doesn't pass a budget bill.

Government shutdowns have long been immaterial for the stock and bond markets, but there’s a risk now that a political ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has promised robust oversight of the Trump administration. Here is what the Senate ...

US government shutdowns have become so common in recent decades that every federal agency has a playbook for how to implement them.