District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair ...

Democrats are facing just such an impossible choice right now, ahead of a potential government shutdown this weekend. And ...

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.

The House passed a measure to keep the government funded, but the shutdown threat is still present as the bill moves to the ...

Brinkmanship, a political scramble to keep the lights on in Washington and finger-pointing over who is to the blame – we’ve been here before, right? The threat of government shutdowns seems to be a ...

Lawmakers are battling time as they seek to pass legislation that will fund the government and avert a possible shutdown set ...

Biggs has never shied from votes that made GOP leadership wince, but didn't do so as the House needed every vote to avoid a ...

Chuck Schumer implied Wednesday that Democrats won't provide the votes to pass the GOP spending bill, but key Senators are still wavering.

Donald Trump just convinced dozens of Republican hardliners to do what House speakers from John Boehner to Kevin McCarthy ...