The deal funds the government at current levels through March 14 and provides $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in ...

By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending ...

House Republicans will meet behind closed doors at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss a new plan to avert a government shutdown -- as ...

Hours to go before a midnight deadline, the Senate is preparing to give final approval to a new plan from Speaker Mike ...

Schumer said the Senate would seek to avert "a pointless and painful government shutdown" as lawmakers complete what's scheduled to be their final three weeks in Washington before the fall elections.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR ... Members on both sides of the aisle expect the government will stay open past the Dec. 20th shutdown deadline. Negotiations on how to do that are still underway.

President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown ... lead to a new stadium for the Washington Commanders.

Members on both sides of the aisle expect the government will stay open past the Dec. 20 shutdown deadline ... nation’s borrowing limit like what Washington witnessed in a divided Congress ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters ... families would lose access to the Head Start preschool program. DOES A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AFFECT SMALL BUSINESSES? The Small Business Administration would not be ...

If the federal government shuts down this ... operating in recent years amid Washington political gridlock. Follow along for live government shutdown coverage Some 72.8 million people receive ...

All of which is a long way from yesterday’s triumphalism before the vote, which prematurely hailed: “SUCCESS in Washington ... the US government once more hurtling towards a shutdown ...