The partial government shutdown that began Saturday in a battle between Democrats and the Trump administration over oversight ...

In Washington D.C., the showdown war of words continues, and so does the government shutdown. "Republicans have shown zero interest or capacity to reopen the government, enact a spending agreement ...

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members ...

Thousands of businesses that contract with the federal government are losing $3 billion a week, a new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found. Unlike federal employees, contractors are not ...

Read full article: Judge extends order barring the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the shutdown Air Traffic Controllers stand outside distributing leaflets explaining how the ...

The standoff began in late September as lawmakers faced a deadline to fund the government by the start of a new fiscal year on Oct. 1. House Republicans passed a short-term funding measure on Sept. 19 ...

Federal workers who were furloughed during the 43-day-long U.S. government shutdown could begin seeing back pay arrive in their bank accounts in the coming days. "There really has been an aggressive ...

WASHINGTON — Past federal government shutdowns ended in one of two ways: a significant number of rank and file senators struck a bipartisan compromise or a top-down deal was brokered by congressional ...