Senate Democrats say privately that they will not allow the government to shut down on Saturday, despite growing pressure from activists and liberal lawmakers who want them to kill a GOP-crafted ...

Meanwhile, Republicans — who have forced Washington to the brink of shutdowns several times recently in pursuit of budget ...

What do the federal education department layoffs mean for local schools and students? Plus, Philly gained residents, ...

Washington Democrats finally have a first point of leverage against President Donald Trump — but it comes with a dilemma that could leave them looking even more hapless than they have so far in his ...

Worries about a possible U.S. government shutdown are weighing on risk appetite, erasing the improved sentiment from Wednesday's weaker-than-expected U.S. inflation data, Deutsche Bank Research said ...

After Speaker of the House Mike Johnson succeeded in pushing a stopgap spending measure through his chamber Tuesday, Senate ...

N.Y., said that Democrats would reject a government funding bill that Republicans wrote and passed through the House, leaving ...

A federal judge has ruled President Donald Trump can't fire the head of the federal labor relations watchdog, dealing another ...