Education Secretary Linda McMahon affirmed late Tuesday that mass layoffs are the first step toward shuttering the Education Department — a long-time goal of President Trump’s since his time ...

The House passed a bill Tuesday night to keep agencies funded through September. It was an extremely close vote – 217 to 213, ...

Elon Musk has expressed a wish for a government shutdown, according to four sources familiar with his stance told WIRED on ...

Health care: Furloughed federal workers will maintain their coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program ...

U.S. Senate Democrats were wrestling on Wednesday with how to respond to a stopgap funding bill passed by the ...

Senate Democrats say the six-month government funding resolution that passed the House Tuesday is a “horrible” bill, but there’s growing sentiment within the Senate Democratic conference that it ...

Yes, you’ve seen this movie before. A potential government shutdown looms this Saturday if Congress fails to pass a spending package to continue funding it. Congress faced the same dilemma at the end ...

The House passed legislation Tuesday to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, ...

House Republicans overcame their paper-thin majority yesterday evening and passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal ...

Trump needs Senate Democrats’ votes, but they are still weighing whether to use this rare point of leverage and risk taking blame for a shutdown.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump officially increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% on Wednesday, ...

The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The ...