Friday is the deadline to get a government funding bill passed through Congress and to President Trump’s desk to avoid a ...

A familiar scene has played out over and over in the U.S. House: Republicans, unable to approve federal funding legislation on their own, edge toward a risky government shutdown, until Democrats swoop ...

Accountability for academic performance is suddenly all the rage among Kentucky’s anti-education-freedom bureaucrats and ...

Washington Democrats finally have a first point of leverage against President Donald Trump — but it comes with a dilemma that could leave them looking even more hapless than they have so far in his ...

With a government shutdown deadline looming, Senate Democrats are vowing to block the GOP funding bill, leaving the fate of federal operations uncertain. Senate Republicans need eight Democratic votes ...

The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies ...

Live updates and the latest news as U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum kick in and the Senate turns to a government funding ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday Senate GOP "do not have the votes" to pass a pending funding bill, setting up a potential showdown over government funding.

A congressional funding bill that could prevent a federal government shutdown narrowly passed the House Tuesday, but not without cutting funding for several local projects.

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to avert a pending government shutdown at the end of the day Friday.