The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...

Mountaineers who have trained and had their sights set on climbing to the summit of Mount Everest this month will have to ...

However, Congress has passed legislation to pay service members during specific government shutdowns in the past.

Mail service: The United States Postal Service would not be affected by a government shutdown. The Postal Service doesn't rely on taxpayer dollars because it generally gets its funding through the ...

The US government is hurtling towards a shutdown ahead of the Christmas holiday, after President-elect Donald Trump and Elon ...

Trump’s planned immigration policies are poised to create an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Mexico and at the border, ...

The US Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilising government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season.

Large swaths of the U.S. government could temporarily close at midnight on Friday if Congress does not approve a stopgap ...

The center called out Moscow and Beijing for global disinformation efforts. But the pro-Trump GOP said it became politicized.

The United States is facing yet another government shutdown — this time right before Christmas. What happens and who is impacted when the government stops paying?