Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown, approving a last-gasp federal funding bill to cap a week whose events could ...

The US Congress has passed a spending legislation that will avert a destabilising government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season. The Senate, controlled by the Democrats, passed the ...

A streamlined version of a bill backed by Trump to avert a partial government shutdown failed to pass the House of Representatives on Thursday night. The national debt has climbed to over $36 ...

Congress has limited time to avert a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution after the latest Trump-backed bill failed Thursday.

President-elect Donald Trump encouraged Republicans to block the massive stop-gap funding measure put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and instead support a streamlined package that would ...

Biden signed the stopgap measure on Saturday. With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk.

Elon Musk joined a wave of right-wing fury against a bill to keep the government open. Now, the president-elect says he wants ...

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Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has only days to prevent a government shutdown ...

The Senate approved legislation early Saturday to extend the federal budget into the spring, averting a government shutdown. ...

President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a funding bill to avert a looming government shutdown, following a last-minute effort to approve the measure in the Senate after a chaotic week of opposition ...

“There will be no government shutdown,” Senate Majority Leader ... “So is this a Republican bill or a Democrat bill?” scoffed Musk on social media ahead of the vote. The drastically ...