Martin, who Trump tried and failed to make head of the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office, is now serving in a number of roles in ...

The Wisconsin Legislature is pushing to pass a compromise state budget, with Democratic votes expected to be needed to ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs sent a warning to Republicans in Congress debating a federal budget that would slash spending on health care ...

As Friday’s deadline approaches, the fate of hundreds of thousands of federal employees hangs precariously in the balance, ...

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.

WASHINGTON — Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is encountering obstacles in the Senate. The Senate ...

Democrats and Republicans in Congress are gearing up to blame each other for a potential partial government shutdown next month, even as negotiations to avoid the pitfall continue. "The federal ...

The longest government shutdown was 35 days, from Dec. 2018 to Jan. 2019, during Trump's first term. There were two other government shutdowns in Trump's first term.