The federal government is entering a partial shutdown after Senate Democrats rebelled against a short-term spending bill.

The 55-to-45 vote in the Senate, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation, all but ensured that US government agencies will have to discontinue all but "essential" activities su ...

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees deemed to be not essential to protecting people and property would be sent home ...

Kamala Harris is promoting her new book “107 Days” while competing for media attention with the federal government shutdown, ...

The federal government has officially shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure to keep the ...

Those programs that rely on mandatory spending also generally continue during a shutdown. Social Security checks continue to ...

Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar blamed Republicans if the government shuts down. "This is a shutdown they will own, and the ...

The last shutdown was in President Donald Trump’s first term when he demanded that Congress give him money for his U.S.-Mexico border wall. Trump retreated after 35 days — the longest shutdown ever — ...

Senate Democrats voted down a Republican funding bill to keep the government open Tuesday evening; with this development, the ...

The White House is directing federal agencies to begin executing shutdown plans after a bill to keep the government open once ...

U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers:: The vast majority of U.S. ACE operations will continue during the shutdown, officials said. No ...

Drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to lower drug costs under a deal struck with the Trump administration, President Donald Trump ...