The first government shutdown in nearly seven years began at midnight after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on extending funding.

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald ...

Washington — Washington is bracing for what could be a prolonged federal shutdown after lawmakers deadlocked and missed the deadline for funding the government. Republicans supported a short-term ...

Follow live news and President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders are blaming one another for the federal shutdown.

The federal government has shut down as congressional lawmakers remain at odds over funding the government beyond September 30. Although Republicans control Capitol Hill and the White House, ...

The federal government began shutting down at 12 a.m. on Wednesday after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to extend government funding. Republicans and Democrats have been at odds over how to ...

The government shutdown means further disruption for the US Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Trump administration.

The government shut down began at midnight on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a funding deal.

Both Republican and Democratic proposals that would have funded the government past Tuesday failed in the Senate during the eleventh hour, effectively shutting down the government at 12:01 a.m. on ...

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 years.

President Trump and congressional Democrats couldn't reach a deal ahead of a midnight deadline, prompting a partial shutdown of the U.S. government.

The White House is directing federal agencies to begin executing shutdown plans after a bill to keep the government open once again failed to pass in the Senate. A government shutdown is officially ...