The Senate on Wednesday for a second day in a row rejected rival measures to fund the government, this timing voting to prolong a shutdown that began at midnight with their actions. The results ...

The government shut down began at midnight on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching ...

Much of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a funding ...

Roughly 750,000 federal workers are expected to be furloughed, some potentially fired by the Trump administration. Many ...

Congress has walked up to the edge of a shutdown numerous times in recent years, but prolonged closures are rare.

A bitter deadlock in Congress over federal spending affects services across the government as many workers are furloughed or ...

Essential federal employees will continue to perform work for the government during a shutdown with each agency carving out its own intricacies regarding adjusted operations. The U.S. Postal ...

The U.S. government shut down after Congress didn't pass a funding measure by 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday. Follow the latest news and headlines here.

The government began to shut down overnight after Democrats and Republicans failed to come to an agreement to extend ...

Some federal services will be halted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers could be furloughed.