White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon, just hours after the government ...

Democratic leaders across the political spectrum are shrugging off the risks and embracing a government shutdown they say is ...

The government shut down after both parties failed to agree on a short-term deal to keep the government funded.

With Congress as a standstill, the Trump administration has taken advantage of new levers to determine how to shape the federal government.

Right now, with both sides dug in and talking smack, there’s no end in sight. Here are the latest developments.

Republicans and Democrats blame each other for the funding gap, and there is little sign either side is willing to compromise ...

PolitiFact is live fact-checking the shutdown, including rhetoric from both sides of the aisle. Send fact-check suggestions to [email protected]. This live blog is maintained by PolitiFact, ...

Officially, the government shutdown happened because Congress failed to pass a new budget (or a continuing resolution) before ...

The Senate on Wednesday was set to take up another series of votes on legislation to fund the government, after a shutdown ...

Democrats promised to livestream the shutdown battle until (almost) the bitter end. We watched so you didn’t have to.

An 11-hour livestream that was meant for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his fellow Democrats to get the party's message out on the government stoppage was largely ignored.

The federal government went into a partial shutdown overnight after Congress failed to pass a spending bill to keep it fully ...