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

President Donald Trump’s budget office has ordered federal agencies to execute shutdown plans after a stopgap funding bill ...

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President Trump and congressional Democrats couldn't reach a deal ahead of a midnight deadline, prompting a partial shutdown of the U.S. government.

The federal government will shut down at midnight tonight unless Congress approves a federal spending bill. Follow live news updates.

Democrats and Republicans didn't reach an agreement before the 11:59 p.m. deadline to avoid a government shutdown. It's ...

Republican and Democratic lawmakers have so far been holding a steady stalemate in their negotiations over certain aspects of the bill, like expiring health care subsidies. If they can’t reach an ...

Some people don’t—they keep snapshots so crisp it’s like their mind never hit “compress.” If you’ve ever wondered whether ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he expects the Senate to begin voting at 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday on competing Democratic and Republican proposals to fund the government, but both ...