Both Republican and Democratic proposals that would have funded the government past Tuesday failed in the Senate, all but ...

The federal government ran out of money after a Democratic-backed spending bill that would have extended health care ...

Congress is veering even closer to a government shutdown at midnight after a deadlocked Senate failed to pass a pair of ...

Virginia’s senators voted with Democrats not to pass the continuing resolution that would have kept the government open ...

It's unclear how long the shutdown will last, with the parties nowhere near an agreement. Democrats want health care money, ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he expects the Senate to begin voting at 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday on competing Democratic and Republican proposals to fund the government, but both ...

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years began at midnight after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on extending ...

Hours before a midnight deadline, the Senate rejected a Republican bill to extend federal funding at current levels through ...

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

The Senate failed to pass a spending bill to keep the government funded, putting it on a near-certain path to a shutdown ...

Mike Kehoe is flanked by state lawmakers and police officers as he speaks about signing a bill that puts St. Louis police ...

Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted almost in unison to defeat a House-passed bill to fund government through Nov. 21, putting Washington on the brink of a government shutdown that could last for ...