The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the U.S. government’s budget deficit for fiscal year 2025 totaled $1.8 trillion, just $8 billion less...

With the shutdown in its eighth day, Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that he does not plan to allow the House to vote on a standalone bill to pay...

As the shutdown drags on, the partisan barbs keep flying on Capitol Hill. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday laid the blame for the...

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that some of the hundreds of thousands of federal workers currently furloughed due to the shutdown may not...