WASHINGTON(AP) — 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 ...

The U.S. government is under its first federal government shutdown in almost seven years as Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government.

The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if the Senate does not pass a House measure that would extend federal funding for seven weeks.

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

The mood on Capitol Hill was somber as the government spiraled toward a shutdown on Tuesday night. Lawmakers appeared to be bracing for the inevitable throughout the day as President Donald Trump and ...

Trump’s latest AI-altered video shows Jeffries talking on a political news program about Trump’s Monday video that showed the U.S. congressman from New York wearing a sombrero and fake mustache as he ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress ...

Get live updates from Capitol Hill as Republicans and Democrats in Congress scramble to avoid a government shutdown.

It’s the American people who are going to pay the price,” a leading Republican said after a deal failed to materialize.

The U.S. Senate began voting on Tuesday evening to potentially avoid a government shutdown -- but it isn't likely.

As the federal government heads into shutdown, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries talks with Jen Psaki about Democrats' openness to bipartisan negotiations but criticizes his Republican ...