The shutdown was averted on Friday after the House voted to back a new CR without the debt-ceiling increase Trump demanded.

Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a ...

The U.S. government faced the threat of a shutdown if Congress didn't pass a spending bill before Dec. 21, 2024. Here's a ...

The Senate in the early hours of Saturday passed a stopgap funding package, avoiding a government shutdown that would have furloughed hundreds of thousands of federal workers and bringing a ...

The US House has passed a bill 366 to 34 to fund the government in a crucial step towards averting a shutdown, which would begin shortly after midnight Senators will now have to vote on the bill ...

This week's dysfunction over government spending and a possible government shutdown is the latest in a series of conflicts over federal dollars on Capitol Hill.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk both opposed a spending bill that originally had bipartisan ...

Based on past government estimates, some 3.5 million federal workers could go without paychecks this holiday season until an ...

President-elect Donald Trump and multibillionaire Elon Musk had sunk an earlier bipartisan deal, only to see their preferred replacement voted down.

Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday from Speaker Mike Johnson that ...

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter ...

Federal government shutdowns can be disruptive, with thousands of workers furloughed and most of them not getting paid on ...