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

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

Congress has limited time to avert a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution after the latest Trump-backed ...

Congress passed a bipartisan deal spending deal after Donald Trump and Elon Musk tanked an earlier bill. The government did ...

The US Congress has passed a spending legislation that will avert a destabilising government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season. The Senate, controlled by the Democrats, passed the ...

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.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a revolt from fellow Republicans over a last-minute measure to keep the government ...

The House of Representatives passed a funding bill at the eleventh hour to avert a Christmastime government shutdown.

A streamlined version of a bill backed by Trump to avert a partial government shutdown failed to pass the House of Representatives on Thursday night. The national debt has climbed to over $36 ...

Elon Musk joined a wave of right-wing fury against a bill to keep the government open. Now, the president-elect says he wants ...

Several House Republicans have objected to a stopgap measure that aims to prevent a government shutdown later this week.

With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk. An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier ...