Washington braces for a government shutdown — as DOGE cuts continue. The White House would have broad power to decide which agencies stay open if funding lapses. Updated March 13, 2025.

Democrats look to the March 14 government funding deadline as the best opportunity to fight back against Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk.

Why Washington is getting nervous about a shutdown. Washington is growing increasingly worried about the potential for a government shutdown — and what devastation it could bring.

Washington — Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington. Lawmakers have until the end of the ...

The possibility of a government shutdown has opened up once again after a Republican revolt over a bloated continuing resolution.. On Wednesday, House Republican leaders faced an immediate revolt ...

WASHINGTON – Ten Senate Democrats joined with most of their GOP colleagues on Friday to advance a government funding bill, averting a partial shutdown of major federal services beginning at ...

Washington has now averted a government shutdown after an up-and-down week saw House Republicans offering a united front and resistant Democrats cornered.

Will the government shutdown affect the Coast Guard? The U.S. Coast Guard estimates that 43,664 of the agency's 49,686 employees (as of July 31) will be retained during the shutdown.

Democratic Party fractures in government shutdown fight, with anger running high Nine other members of the Democratic Caucus — a contingent of mostly swing-state and retiring senators ...

March 14, 2025, is the expiration date for the Federal government's current funding period. By then, Congress and President Donald Trump will have to agree on either a continuing resolution to ...

Highest number of shutdown days: The president with the most is Jimmy Carter, who had 56 days in five separate shutdowns from 1977 to 1979. Second is Donald Trump, with 38 days in two shutdowns in ...

A sign on the door of The National Museum of the American Indian states that the museum is closed as the partial shutdown of the U.S. government goes into the 12th day, Jan. 2, 2019 in Washington ...