Senators say they expect the government shutdown to drag out until at least the middle of next week, with some fearing it could go even longer. The Senate rejected votes to reopen the government ...

Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown. Now they have to figure ...

Donald Trump has said “billions” of dollars will be saved by the US government shutdown, as he called for a clear out of “deadwood” federal workers. The government shutdown has continued into its ...

Most of the federal government is shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding agreement. We asked two House members — a Democrat and Republican — where they think talks go from here ...

One of the main lines of attack leveled by Republicans amid the government shutdown is that Democratic lawmakers want to give immigrants in the U.S. illegally free healthcare — which Democrats deny.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appeared on Fox Business Wednesday and blasted Democratic leaders for what he called a catastrophic miscalculation during the government shutdown. The federal ...

Park rangers spend the first morning of the government shutdown closing down the Fort Sumter National Monument center including taking down the American flag on Wednesday in Charleston, S.C. (Grace ...

Friday is the next opportunity for the Senate to vote on government funding -- leaving many Americans to wonder what's next with the shutdown.

Vice President JD Vance, while speaking at a White House press briefing, said that he does not think the government shutdown will be long.

In 2018, the government shut down for three days as Democrats, led by Schumer, insisted that any budget measure come with protections for young immigrants known as “Dreamers” under the Obama-era ...

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