Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.

The House passed a measure to keep the government funded, but the shutdown threat is still present because the bill may lack ...

In helping averti a shutdown, Chuck Schumer has ignited a rebellion within his own party, writes Philip Elliott in The D.C.

The odds that the federal government will shut down Saturday morning have risen in recent days as a growing number of Senate ...

Senate Democrats are torn on what they should do to avoid a gornment shutdown as the deadline for the funding bill approaches.

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

The US government was hours from shutting down Friday as Democrats smarting over President Donald Trump's spending cuts threatened to block his federal funding plans -- although hopes were high for a ...