House Republicans are gearing up for what is expected to be a messy government funding fight over short-term federal spending ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy emerged with a spending cut plan to avert a looming federal government shutdown by appeasing his hard-right flank, only to see it quickly collapse Thursday in a crushing ...

GOP lawmakers in the House are divided over a stopgap spending bill that could prevent a government shutdown. Here’s a look ...

It ran from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019, during the Trump administration. At 34 days, it was the longest government ...

House Republicans are watching House Speaker Mike Johnson's handling of the government spending fight carefully as he readies ...

The measure would force voters to show proof of citizenship, despite evidence that noncitizen voting is extremely rare.

Another looming deadline was met with calls to "SHUT IT DOWN" as Dems continued opposing the SAVE Act tacked on to the continuing resolution.

The threat of a risky government shutdown is looming over the U.S. at a very sensitive political time for the country.

Congress has until Oct. 1 to fund the government during the pre-Election Day sprint. With the abbreviated timeline, lawmakers ...

Congress gaveled into session for the first time Monday since its roughly six-week recess, returning to a messy spending fight and mad dash against the clock to keep the government’s lights ...

"We cannot have a government shutdown," Mitch McConnell, said. "It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right ...

While Social Security checks are expected to continue during a shutdown, other SSA functions could be disrupted.