The US government was hours from shutting down Friday as Democrats smarting over President Donald Trump’s spending cuts ...

Republicans will, of course, try to blame Democrats if we have a government shutdown. But a shutdown could not happen if Trump really had a mandate.

The Senate will vote Friday on a GOP spending bill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says he will vote to support the bill to avert a government shutdown. Hear the latest developments.

Officials in at least 18 states, including Florida and North Carolina, want their own mini DOGEs. The age of GOAT, FLOGE, and ...

The limited public polling indicates voters were set to blame Republicans for the shutdown. A Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday found just 32% of registered voters would have blamed ...

Democrats have been struggling in how to deal with the dizzying flood of unilateral actions coming from Donald Trump these past 54 days, but tonight’s midnight deadline to keep the federal ...

Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

Given the persistence of seriously mentally ill individuals languishing on the sidewalks and the subways — which is bad for ...

President Donald Trump has called for raising taxes on carried interest, a form of income earned by hedge funds and private ...