Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a short-term spending bill.

"Tonight the Senate delivers good news for America: there will be no government shutdown right before Christmas," Schumer ...

The federal government could shut down in a matter of hours if Congress does not cobble together a temporary funding plan on ...

Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown, approving a last-gasp federal funding bill to cap a week whose events could ...

WASHINGTON − Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill to avert a government shutdown that would have left thousands of ...

Republicans also will control both chambers of Congress next year ... in 2023 after he worked with Democrats to dodge a government shutdown at the time. The deal announced Tuesday also was ...

The Senate has rushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown ...

In the midst of a looming government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump has come out against Congress’ plan to fund the government through March. Trump’s statement comes after ...

When the government shuts down, major nonessential services cease operation, meaning many federal employees may go without pay.

Congress raced to avert a government shutdown as soon as the weekend with a sprawling stopgap spending bill that includes billions in hurricane and farm aid, but the measure was thrown into doubt ...

Congressional leaders dropped the text late Tuesday for legislation to stave off a looming government shutdown Friday night ... In keeping with Congress’ Christmas tradition of a late December ...

Facing a government shutdown deadline ... House Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted Congress would “meet our obligations” and not allow federal operations to shutter ahead of the Christmas ...