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Senators voted for a fourth time to reject spending bills to reopen the US government, meaning the shutdown will extend into next week.

The Senate is to vote on two competing spending bills to reopen the US government, as the shutdown enters its third day The votes on one Democratic-backed bill and one Republican-sponsored one are ...

The government shutdown is likely to continue into next week after the Senate for a fourth time rejected a bill to keep agencies funded through Nov. 21, keeping hundreds of thousands of employees at ...

The federal government remains shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed again today to reach a funding deal. Follow for live updates.

White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Thursday said GOP lawmakers are “quietly frustrated” by President Trump’s references to the conservative policy initiative known as Project 2025 during ...

Trump posted a video on Thursday that depicted Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought as the grim reaper.

Few signs of progress toward a deal to reopen the government have emerged as both parties work to lay blame on their political opposition.

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday the administration is looking for ways to get a handful of additional U.S. Senate Democrats to vote for Republicans’ stopgap spending bill to reopen ...

President Trump Friday prepared plans for mass layoffs of federal workers and unilaterally cut $2 billion in funding for a previously approved Chicago subway project as the government shutdown ...

Senator Shelley Moore Capito remains frustrated as a federal shutdown stretches into its third day, and she expressed concern that the executive branch could make good on threats to to conduct mass ...

Federal workers are awaiting potential furloughs or mass layoffs as the government shutdown transpires. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports, and Neil Schneider, a member of the American Federation of ...