The US government could potentially enter a shutdown next month, the first one that would ever take place during tax filing ...

Trump and Republican congressional leaders could fumble their way into a prolonged and painful shutdown of the federal ...

That means Republicans will need total unanimity to pass a bill in the chamber ... Kim is one of several Democrats to ...

As Democrats ponder how best to position themselves for a looming spending confrontation, they are finding novel ways to put ...

Congress is struggling to strike a deal to keep the government funded as a looming deadline to prevent a shutdown next month ...

Two Democratic senators from New Jersey, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, said Democrats should not vote for a spending package that ...

The U.S. has roughly one month until the government runs out of money, and the talks to avoid that are a mess, writes Philip ...

There’s understandable confusion over Capitol Hill lingo discussing the budget process and appropriations/spending process — ...

Democratic lawmakers are already positioning to blame House Republicans for a potential government shutdown in several weeks' ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries last week indicated Democrats would consider using the threat of government shutdown to ...

Others would go a step further, saying they’ll oppose any bill that doesn’t answer the flood ... high-stakes chicken as both ...

While much of the focus has been on Congress, Trump could simply veto any bill that reaches his desk. He could do it repeatedly. A government shutdown doesn’t impact the military directly.