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

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ...

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

Washington is now fully set to avert a government shutdown after an up and down week that saw House Republicans offering a ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

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

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

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...

The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...

After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a ...