Political disaster averted. President Joe Biden signed a last-ditch bill late Saturday to fund the government, right after he got it from Congress and only hours before the government was …
House Republicans, after a week of struggling, found a bipartisan path to keeping the government open past tonight: jettisoning aid to Ukraine in a move critics say will embolden Russian …
Lawmakers are still in a gridlock over how to allocate spending, which means a government shutdown is imminent. In the event of a shutdown, many government programs will be working …
If Congress isn’t able to strike a deal on a short-term government funding bill, the United States government will effectively shut down come Oct. 1, an event that will force …
They’re so familiar on Capitol Hill, they almost blend into the woodwork. In the background at everything from weekly party lunches that generate headlines to low-profile state congressional delegation receptions, …
White House chief of staff Jeff Zients on Thursday said President Joe Biden has no plans to talk to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ahead of what now appears a likely …
The looming government shutdown threatens to severely limit public access to America’s national parks and deliver a crushing economic blow to communities that rely on park tourism. On a call …
The odds the government will be at least technically closed for a day rose Thursday as both House and Senate leaders talked about efforts to prevent a shutdown dragging into …
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) slammed House Republicans for driving the nation toward a federal shutdown. “There’s not one single senator in the Senate that wants this. And on their side …
Hopes of keeping the federal government funded past Sept. 30 now rest on a Senate bill unveiled Tuesday. But between House Republican leaders signaling no interest in it and the …