The term “shutdown” is also something of a misnomer. Lapses in funding are a bad way to do business, and they can delay ...

Washington Post' Congressional correspondent Jacqueline Alemany reports on a possible government shutdown and Congressional ...

Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said she is unwilling to go along with shutting down the federal government unless Congress passes legislation requiring proof of citizenship to vote.

Republican leaders are scrambling to avoid a government shutdown after the House failed to pass a funding bill this week. These events have led to renewed questions about Speaker Mike Johnson’s ...

Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie said that the speaker has "poorly handled" pushing a short-term spending bill through the House.

Republicans in the U.S. House rejected their own party's funding bill shortly before a looming deadline to avert a government ...

House Republicans are overwhelmingly dismissing former President Trump’s calls for a government shutdown in the absence of a ...

We look at where and whether Vice President Kamala Harris’ debate performance helped her and how Donald Trump reacted to the ...

Multiple city officials and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine have categorically denied the conspiracy, and local authorities have ...

Funding for many federal departments and agencies is due to expire on Sept. 30, unless Republicans and Democrats can reach a ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has continued the proud tradition of GOP speakers setting the country on course to another disastrous government shutdown by pulling voting on a temporary spending bill ...

Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, met with Trump on Thursday as the House leader looks for a path forward to funding the ...