This week’s events were a preview of the perils of governing that face Trump and Republicans in Congress, despite their ...

On Dec. 22, 2018, the U.S. government began a record 35-day partial shutdown after the Senate was unable to agree on a ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, worked with and against a Republican-controlled legislature on issues like ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks at a "Go Bigger on Climate, Care, and Justice" rally on July 20, 2021 in Washington, ...

After days of political theater and threats of financial doomsday, a shutdown has been averted. Erica Brown reports on the ...

"Shutdowns are stupid. When Congress doesn’t do his job, real people get hurt," Dusty Johnson said in a statement. "I can’t ...

Johnson tried to placate Trump by bringing up a slimmed-down, 116-page version of the bill on Thursday. It included disaster relief, farm aid and the debt ceiling. Trump immediately backed it, calling ...

The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the ...

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Senator-Elect Ruben Gallego shared their reaction to the House and Senate passing a bill to ...

President Joe Biden has signed a stopgap spending bill, which passed early Saturday to avert a government shutdown. FOX 5 ...

President Biden has signed a bill to fund the government through mid-March after Congress reached an 11th-hour deal to ...

The Senate passed the measure and sent it to President Biden’s desk, shortly after the midnight deadline for funding to lapse ...