The government will shut down at 12 a.m. on Wednesday if lawmakers do not reach an agreement to extend government funding.

Congress’ failure to pass a short-term government funding bill before midnight Tuesday will lead to the first shutdown in nearly seven years and give President Donald Trump broad authority to determine what federal operations keep running — which will have a huge impact on the government,

The government is set to shut down at midnight after two funding bills failed to pass the Senate. Sen. Chris Coons joins The Weeknight with the latest on negotiations in the Senate as the deadline looms.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted almost in unison to defeat a House-passed bill to fund government through Nov. 21, putting Washington on the brink of a government shutdown that could last for

The federal government will shut down just past midnight, as Senate Democrats on Tuesday rejected a Republican bill that would have extended funding for seven weeks but did not resolve an increasingly acrimonious standoff over their demands for health care policy changes.

Trump and congressional Democrats braced for a partial shutdown of the federal government as a midnight deadline approached

Congress is barreling towards a shutdown with lawmakers at an impasse over government funding. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.), joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the impact a shutdown will have on his constituents,

The White House and congressional Republicans are capitalizing on Democrats’ demands to help illegal immigrants access public services to blame them for a looming government shutdown. “Radical Democrats” are threatening to shut the government down if they do not get their almost $1.