White House threatens ‘imminent’ layoffs with Senate set to vote Friday - The shutdown began at midnight Wednesday amid the ...

A vote to end the government shutdown failed as Senate Democrats demand funding for health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republicans refuse to provide.

The Senate for a second day in a row rejected rival measures to fund the government, prolonging the shutdown that began at midnight. Wednesday’s votes mirrored Tuesday’s results, with ...

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years is underway as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over 2025 ...

The federal government was thrown into a shutdown with no easy endgame in sight. Democrats held firm Wednesday to their ...

However, President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday did not make conciliatory gestures. It froze $26 billion for ...

As President Donald Trump's political party failed to agree with the Democrats on a spending bill, funding for the US government has been cut off. This simply means that some of the US government ...

Lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to fund the federal government by midnight on Tuesday night, triggering a shutdown on Wednesday. At the heart of the deadlock are health insurance subsidies.

The U.S. government shutdown began Oct. 1, 2025. Here's what to know about why it happened, who's still working, what benefits are affected and more.