Congress has until 11:59 p.m. ET to act to avoid a government shutdown. The two parties are nowhere near an agreement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government ...

If the U.S. government shuts down, what happens to veterans benefits for the state with more than almost any other?

A prolonged government shutdown would mean that the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps would not be able to participate in Fleet Week ...

Harvard’s response to the HHS civil rights proceedings represents some of the university’s most forceful pushback to the ...

Under the government's proposal, DACA recipients who move into Texas risk losing their legal ability to work, while moving ...

A government shutdown is possible if the president and congressional leaders fail to agree on a budget by midnight Sept. 30.

In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to ...

A lot of federal government employees might be laid off after the Senate votes on a continuing resolution to keep the government open while working on a new budget.

Lawmakers have introduced a variety of government shutdown bills throughout September, looking to reform both federal benefits and shutdowns themselves.

President Donald Trump’s Republican administration says electronic payments and collections will speed up processing and cut ...

Obstructionist Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are pushing the government to the brink of a ...