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...

As the government shutdown stretches into its sixth day, the Senate voted Monday for the fifth time on a pair of bills that would fund the federal...

The third day of the government shutdown yielded a fourth round of failed votes to fund federal agencies and get furloughed federal employees back to...

Most Americans who support President Trump also support maintaining the enhanced Obamacare plan subsidies that are at the center of the conflict over...

With the Senate largely idle in observance of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, no votes on funding the government were held Thursday. The Senate is...

After the federal government officially shut down overnight, congressional leaders spent much of the day Wednesday trying to sway public opinion and...

President Trump on Tuesday told top military brass that American cities could be used as “training grounds” for their troops. “We should use some of...