Across Washington, Officials Brace for Government Shutdown With salary advances and staff reshuffles, lawmakers and federal agencies are preparing for a lapse in government funding that is ...

Republicans finally got their “big, beautiful bill” across the finish line. Now they’re turning to their next urgent tasks: ...

Washington braces for a government shutdown — as DOGE cuts continue. The White House would have broad power to decide which agencies stay open if funding lapses. Updated March 13, 2025.

Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is bracing Democrats for a government funding fight, foreshadowing "grave ...

Why Washington is getting nervous about a shutdown. Washington is growing increasingly worried about the potential for a government shutdown — and what devastation it could bring.

When the government shut down for 34 days in late 2018 and early 2019, federal workers lined up at food banks. The prospect of a shutdown also concerns thousands of federal contractors and people ...

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government shutdown. President-elect Donald Trump has demanded that a ...

Washington has now averted a government shutdown after an up-and-down week saw House Republicans offering a united front and resistant Democrats cornered.

Government shutdown deadlines - and even full-on shutdowns - aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to expect.

Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to ...