Officials say court rulings and protests are part of an insurrection — which Trump's lawyers argued in court the Jan. 6 ...

A sign indicating that the Federal Trade Commission is closed due to the government shutdown, Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Getty Images) The U.S. government remained shut down as Congress ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The U.S. government is shut down Wednesday after Congress failed to reach an agreement on a spending bill by the midnight deadline. The shutdown is having a big impact on ...

Washington — The fight over funding the government is likely to be a costly one. Each week of the ongoing government shutdown could cost the economy $7 billion and reduce GDP growth by 0.1 percentage ...

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years has now entered its second day. It's not clear when the impasse between congressional Democrats and Republicans over a funding bill to reopen the ...

The Washington Post editorial board wrote Wednesday that the Democratic Party may have been led into a "trap" by its far-left wing for refusing to avert a government shutdown. In its latest editorial, ...

WASHINGTON—Government funding lapsed early Wednesday morning after the White House and lawmakers failed to reach a spending deal, triggering a shutdown that is expected to halt some federal services ...

The U.S. government shutdown has begun, after federal funding for FY 2025 ended at midnight. The Senate failed to pass a stop-gap funding bill before the deadline, after a 55-to-45 vote on the measure ...

With a government shutdown now in effect, the U.S. FDA—already shaken up by head count reductions earlier this year—has sought to keep many of its functions running for the foreseeable future. But the ...

After Congress late Tuesday failed to reach an agreement to prevent a federal government shutdown, funding for federal agencies ended at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. What that means is that while government ...

The measure needed 60 votes to pass but failed. Two Democrats and one independent senator who caucuses with the Democrats voted once again with Republicans in supporting a GOP-backed government ...

Shutdowns started having significant effects after an attorney general in the 1980s argued that it was illegal for the government to spend money without congressional appropriations. By Ali Watkins ...