On Saturday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: A government shutdown has been averted. USA TODAY Economy Reporter Rachel Barber takes a closer look at what's actually going on amid economic ...

The Trump administration’s to close regional Head Start offices led to confusion for many program administrators in Illinois.

The Trump administration's shutdown efforts "likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ... office and established the Department of Government Efficiency on Jan. 20, almost ...

The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money ...

AFP The United States averted a government shutdown with hours to spare Friday as lawmakers already reeling from President Donald Trump's radical federal spending cuts voted to keep the lights on ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed into law a six-month funding bill, averting a government shutdown. In ...

The Senate minority leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer, and nine others broke with their colleagues to vote to advance the bill to its final Friday evening vote. Two Democrats - Senator Jeanne Shaheen ...

Historian and writer Alex von Tunzelmann joins Georgina Godwin to discuss why the latest averted US government shutdown could signal a sea change for US politics and more of the week’s news and ...

Democrats do not want to repeat the mistakes of last week, when they split over the GOP's stopgap measure to avoid a federal government shutdown.

Many members from both parties showed a weariness in the never-ending government shutdown threats, and hopefully this sentiment ... White North on shutting down the fentanyl trade into the US. More ...

President Donald Trump effectively shut down Voice of America by putting 1,300 staff on leave. Russia's RT and China's CCTV ...

The US Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after enough Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump ...